Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Coronavirus: The children struggling to
survive India's lockdown
On March 24, India shut its $2.9 trillion
economy, closing its businesses and issuing strict stay-at-home orders to nearly
1.4 billion citizens. Air, road, and rail transport systems have been suspended
ever since. Furthermore, this nationwide lockdown is now extended for an unspecified
period.
Under such circumstances, those who can afford
to click-to-order daily necessities from online merchandisers or watch videos
online at home seem to get along with the new norm OK as long as they can keep
their jobs. In the meantime, the most vulnerable in such a strict lockdown are
street children who depend on daily activities on the street where they aren’t
allowed to be at the moment. Without going out, they have no source of income or
food. To make the situation even worse, those who try to help them also have lost
access to hungry children because their services aren’t regarded as
essential, at least as of now.
How will the desperate children survive in
such a restrictive situation for so long?
Read the article and think about how the children
in need could be helped during the strict lockdown.
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