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Lessons from Ebola

14/10/2020

photo credit: David Mark

While the Covid-19 pandemic has brought little in the way of good news to our globe, there have been some small mercies. Such as the growing evidence of the strong resilience children have to the most damaging effects of the virus, as well as the lower infection rates it has seen across Africa and parts of Asia, when compared with Europe and the Americas.

But while these two factors have prevented the virus itself from causing fatalities and severe illness on a mass scale in some of the world’s most fragile contexts; previous epidemics testify to a more complex picture.

Even in cases where diseases have had a much higher infection and morbidity rate; it is often the social and economic consequences, lingering long beyond the life of a disease, that can cause the most harm to children in vulnerable communities

Fifty Eight partnering on ambitious four-year programme to reduce and prevent the worst forms of child labour in Africa

2/12/2018

Source: World Vision UK

The UK aid backed programme is set to help change the lives of over 12,000 children in Ethiopia, Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The programme is funded by a substantial new UK aid package from the Department for International Development (DFID) and headed by international aid agency World Vision UK.

Fifty Eight and UN Global Compact UK are focusing on research and engagement with business at a local and global level to address the worst forms of child labour in supply chains.

The project will leverage cross-sector partnerships including NGOs, law enforcement and global corporations, while helping children advocate for their own rights.

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Lessons from Ebola

Fifty Eight partnering on ambitious four-year programme to reduce and prevent the worst forms of child labour in Africa

The UK aid backed programme is set to help change the lives of over 12,000 children in Ethiopia, Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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