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Somalia

Child rights NGOs call for greater support for children amid pandemic

June 17 2020 - “I feel we have been left out in the plans and discussions," says Hawa Salad, a 13-year-old student from Mogadishu who spoke on the pandemic's impact on children. "No one is talking to us. .. All businesses (in Somalia) are open, but our schools are closed."

IRAQ

Effects of the pandemic in an Iraqi refugee camp

June 16 2020 - Yawer*, his parents, and three siblings were forced to flee their home during an attack against the Yazidi community in Sinjar and have since 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟻 lived in the camp where SOS Children’s Villages Iraq supports children and their parents.

Youth Employment

COVID-19: Young people face uncertain future

June 15 2020 - The big challenge for states lifting lockdown restrictions will be to create conditions for a safe return to work, especially for the youth as the population most affected by the measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

Somalia

Life under coronavirus in Somalia

June 10 2020 - Faduma lives in Mogadishu, in Heliwa district together with her eight children. Her children were not enrolled in school because she could not afford to pay the school fees. Faduma was struggling in providing the three basic meals to her children, at times they would only eat twice a day.

Press Release

Children are the hidden victims of Latin America’s Corona crisis

May 28 2020 - Latin America has been declared the new epicentre of the global COVID-19 pandemic. With weak healthcare systems, informal economies and high levels of inequality, the crisis presents an unprecedented challenge for struggling families.

Domestic violence

An ongoing threat in Perú

May 20 2020 - The alarming rates of domestic violence in Peru makes it one of the main reasons that children are separated from their families in the country. SOS Children's Villages Peru works to keep families together through programmes designed to address the root causes of violence.