![]() Prevent a generation without education and opportunities. Also in addition to the families that are supported via Net4kids. If people are infected and need to be quarantined, SSH provided a safe place.Īs a health organization of origin, SSH was very well able to respond quickly to this pandemic and to provide care, information and guidance to many people in this region. Medicines were brought directly to the villages, and getting tested for Corona was also made possible for these difficult to reach target groups. There too, SSH continued to actively offer their support. But if you have never learned to read and write, filling out such a form is impossible. For example, to be able to go to a hospital (for other complaints) you had to ask for permission. Women saw all their savings disappear and without work they could not possibly feed the family. The counseling and support was badly needed to keep up the courage. Together they save money and can help each other in times of need. (SSH has set up women's networks for years and guided them to a self-supporting system. Also through the large network of women's groups, many families have been reached with information about Corona and guidance with all the challenges that these women and their families faced in this pandemic. SSH staff members have often managed to keep in touch with the families in their programs by telephone. What can Net4kids do in cooperation with SSH during this pandemic? ![]() But that was not nearly enough for families of 5+ people, so the support was desperately needed. Each family has already received 10 kilos of rice from the government. Thanks to the permission of the local authorities, they were allowed to travel to the villages to distribute food, medicines and hygiene kits (mouth masks, soap). They 'sell' their daughters or put children to work.įortunately, SSH has been able to do everything in its power to prevent the above issues for the families in the program. That means that some parents no longer see a way out. Prices for gasoline, food and medical care are skyrocketing. Shrewd lenders offer high-interest loans, putting families in more and more trouble in the longer term. Because people have to sit close together at home from a hopeless position, domestic violence against women and children has increased.ĭue to the many travel restrictions, people could not go to the bank and therefore had no access to bank accounts. As day laborers, parents really depend on this daily income to get food on the table. In this poor region where we support 350 children and their families, people live very poorly. The effect of Covid-19 is great everywhere, but at the same time we clearly see the gap between rich and poor being widened further. Children help with the household, watch television if there is power (in India a few years ago the government gave all poor families a television as propaganda) or, in the worst case, use alcohol / drugs and go criminal. There are no Children's Clubs or other after-school activities. ![]() And with that, only 30% of the normal curriculum was offered. Lessons were given via text messages from the teacher to a mobile phone or Zoom. Here too teaching methods have been set up digitally. Expectations for the Tamil Nadu region were at the end of September, but little has changed yet. Schools are still closed in India and there is a lot of uncertainty about when they will reopen. Not ideal, but it is in stark contrast to the children in this project. Children can go to school here again and, thanks to the digital teaching methods, have been able to continue learning during the lockdown. In the Netherlands we regained a little freedom in a 1.5 meter society in the summer months. The world is still in the grip of the Corona virus. The schools are closed, which means that children have lost their safe place. It is said that eating eggs causes Corona, which means that the sale of eggs now has no profit. This is a major source of income for a large number of parents / carers of the children. There are many myths in circulation: For example, in the region of SSH (Namakkal and Dindigul) the chicken industry is quite large. Migrant families travel across the country to return to their own villages because there is no longer any work for them in the city. India has been in lockdown since the end of March.
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