PRESS RELEASE: UNICEF calls for averting a lost generation as COVID-19 presents a child rights crisis and changes childhood in South Africa
PRETORIA, 20 November 2020: Children and young people must not be the forgotten and unseen casualties of COVID-19, warned UNICEF South Africa today. Released ahead of World Children’s Day on 20 November, a new report shows how COVID-19 has presented multiple challenges for children in the country as their safety, nutrition and health have been compromised, while their education has …