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This article from the Indian Express shares the stories of very young children in the state of Punjab, India who have been orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to this article from CNN, there are "at least 577 Indian children who lost both parents to Covid between April 1 and May 25, when India was battling its second wave of the outbreak, according to government figures."
The plight of so-called "COVID orphans," children who've lost one or both parents to COVID-19, "is one of the heartbreaking pandemic developments to emerge from India, which in May recorded the greatest number of deaths in one country in one month from COVID 19: over 120,000," says this article from NPR.
In this video, "CNN's Vedika Sud speaks to the eldest sister-- now the primary caretaker of a family of seven siblings who lost their mother and then their father to the brutal second wave."
การศึกษาสถานการณ์การเลี้ยงดูทดแทนเด็ก (อพยพโยกย้ายถิ่นฐาน) ในพื้นที่อ. สังขละบุรี จ. กาญจนบุรี อาจารย์คณะสังคมศาสตร์ ม.มหิดล ร่วมกับมูลนิธิวันสกาย ทีมวิจัยได้ศึกษาสถานการณ์การเลี้ยงดูทดแทนในสถานรองรับในรูปแบบต่างๆ ไม่ว่าจะเป็นสถานสงเคราะห์เอกชน รร.ประจำ (สงเคราะห์) และวัด รวมทั้งการเลี้ยงดูทดแทนโดยเครือญาติ ผลของการศึกษาและข้อเสนอแนะ นำเสนอสู่กรมกิจการเด็กและเยาวชน และสำนักงานพัฒนาสังคมและความมั่นคงของมนุษย์ จ.กาญจนบุรี เพื่อดำเนินการการเลี้ยงดูทดแทนให้มีประสิทธิภาพและประสิทธิผลต่อไป
This review was conducted in different forms of institutional care: private residential care, (charity) boarding schools, and temple as well as (informal) kinship care. The findings and recommendations were presented to the Thailand Provincial Social Development and Human Security Office and the Department of Children and Youth to further develop an alternative care road map and plan of action.
This article identifies risks and vulnerabilities that child monks can face, including sexual abuse. It reflects on how aspects of entrusting young children to live as child monks do not necessarily fit with principles articulated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNGA, 1989) and the United Nations Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (UNGA, 2009).
This article from BBC News described how the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated families across India, orphaning many children.
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"The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has directed States and union territories to submit data of all children, who have been orphaned or have lost one of their parents to Covid-19," says this article from Big News Network.