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West Africa

COVID-19 economic backlash threatens progress in reducing child labour

July 3 2020 - Although the coronavirus has been slow to take hold on the continent, hotspots have emerged with a scale and depth of financial shock forcing many families to resort to child labour to meet basic needs and deal with uncertainty.
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.
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.
North Macedonia

A psychologist deals with domestic violence

May 14 2020 - Valentina Dimovska, the lead psychologist at SOS Children's Villages in North Macedonia, continues to work remotely with some 50 families. In one instance, she called just after the police arrived.
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Protecting children during the pandemic

May 13 2020 - COVID-19 impacts children both directly and indirectly. It is important that children have resources to be resilient to cope with consequences of COVID-19 and to have ways to express themselves.
Colombia

Life under coronavirus in Colombia

May 12 2020 - “Before my father died, he made me promise I would go to university and make my family thrive. When this is over, I will help my mother bring money home, while I study." - Angela*, 16.
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Personal appeal from President Siddhartha Kaul

May 7 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has taken the world totally unprepared.  What we can do - and SOS Children’s Villages is doing that around the world in 136 countries and territories - is to ensure that our focus is on the safety of children and families, as we have done for over 70 years.
Indonesia

‘This virus is spreading fast and affecting many people’

May 4 2020 - Andi Supriyanto, 24, who grew up in the SOS Children’s Village in Jakarta, Indonesia, works as a nurse. Today, he is on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in his country, treating patients at the Dharmais Cancer Hospital in Jakarta.
Research

Brown University conducts global literature review

April 28 2020 - "The reasons for child separation are important for designing efforts to support families in need," says Prof Susan Short of Brown. "Children’s experiences and needs vary. We’re hopeful that the results from the systematic review will provide useful information for organizations working with families, as well as researchers."
Mental Health

Q&A: Pandemic's impact on vulnerable children

April 17 2020 - "Being confined can be risky for vulnerable families," says Teresa Ngigi, an SOS mental health expert. "The risk of not having any external physical support could lead to child abuse cases since no one is witnessing this and reporting becomes difficult in that the abuser could constantly be present."
Somalia

'My country will be heavily challenged to fight COVID-19'

April 15 2020 - Farhio Saney, a doctor at the SOS Mother and Child Hospital in Somalia, says staff have resorted to producing their own masks. But she knows it is inadequate protection against the virus.
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