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NEPAL EARTHQUAKE

A beautiful school replaces one destroyed in the quake

April 25 2020 - Five years ago, children in Dolakha, Nepal faced an uncertain future after the earthquake on 25 April leveled schools and homes.

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.

Peru

A mother worries, but has faith

April 7 2020 - “Today I walked to the town centre to buy food. Public transportation is too expensive during the lockdown. The hard part was to carry everything back by myself. It took me around five hours in total."

North Macedonia

Life under quarantine for a young woman and her brother

April 2 2020 - “I am a 20-year-old law student from Skopje, North Macedonia. I also work in a bank. I live with my older brother who is 24 and has a light mental developmental disorder. As of last week, we are both in home self-isolation because of the coronavirus pandemic."

COVID-19

How does COVID-19 affect children? A child psychologist weighs in.

March 30 2020 - Elisabeth Kaspar, a clinical psychologist, works with children and adolescents at a hospital in Vienna, Austria. She shares some insight into how parents and children can manage the stress and anxiety of the COVID-19 crisis.

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