Since March 2020, the lives of billions of young people have been turned upside down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Today, young people around the world are still out of school and suffering the effects of remote learning, lockdowns, and other “new norms. “
To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited young people from around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life in lockdown, and how the pandemic has replaced their lives.
Hailing from Italy, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, her poems about lockdown bring to life the stories of young people living through this pandemic. Despite their differences, their struggles are shared and they remain united in their hope for a greater future.
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As COVID-19 continues to have a devastating effect on young people and their rights, 1. 6 billion children have been out of school during the pandemic and temporary lockdowns have affected more than 90% of students worldwide. Never before have so many young people been out of school at the same time.
“These hard-hitting poems show the enormous impact of the coronavirus on children’s lives, as well as their strength, resilience, and hope for the future,” said Yolande Wright, Save the Children’s Director of Inclusion. “It is very important to pay direct attention to young people in these unprecedented times – we are not all affected in the same way and young people can be especially vulnerable.
“This is just a fitness crisis, but a risk to the rights of young people. More than 1. 5 billion young people around the world have been out of school for long periods of time, and millions of them are dragged into excessive poverty and face a very doubtful future. I have made great strides over the past twenty years on children’s rights, and COVID-19 risks countering that progress.
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