CORONAVIRUS | Unicef estimates that there are 25mil children in need in Syria, Yemen, Sudan Palestinian territories, Iraq and Libya.
| Millions of children in the Middle East will become poorer as their caregivers lose jobs from lockdowns aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus across the region, according to the UN children’s fund .
“It is evident that the pandemic is affecting children firsthand. Many families in the region are already becoming poorer due to the loss of jobs especially the daily-paid,” Ted Chaiban, Unicef’s regional director in the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement issued on Monday.About 110 million children are now at home and not in schools in the region, Unicef said.
Unicef estimates that there are 25 million children in need, including refugees and internally displaced people from conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Sudan Palestinian territories, Iraq and Libya.
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