Sub-Saharan Africa: Growing up in crisis in a world of opportunities
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the world’s population. Although it has been established that children are at lower risk of falling seriously ill with COVID-19, the pandemic has had, and continues to have, far-reaching effects on them. The pandemic poses a health crisis that has become a child rights’ crisis. It is heightening…, When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Sierra Leone, 15-year-old Marie’s school closed and her mother’s small informal business at the market drastically declined. Emergency cash transfers supported by UNICEF and partners helped Marie’s family get through these difficult times. Ten-year-old Maria Antumane witnessed horrific violence and lost her family in…, UNICEF CHILD ALERT April 2021 Growing up in crisis in a world of opportunities Sub-Saharan Africa UNICEF CHILD ALERT APRIL 2021 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: GROWING UP IN CRISIS IN A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES Note: This map does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of any country or territory or the delimitation of any frontiers. COVER IMAGE:…