By Ian Wilson | Director
It has not been formally announced yet, but it is highly likely that Kenyan schools will not reopen at all in 2020. Families that rely on the school system to keep their children occupied, as well as providing them with a meal every day where feeding programmes are available, are already struggling after having their children home for the past three months.
Many parents have lost income due to covid 19 making their jobs obsolete or reducing their income substantially. This is a further blow. Many have relied on school feeding programmes or sponsored school places to ensure a hot meal every day for their child even before covid 19 came along. Those who have been displaced through drought, floods, landslides etc over recent years have not had time to fully settle and establish businesses, small farms etc and have been dependant on assistance such as sponsorship. Many charities have curtailed donations or programmes since the advent of covid 19 so, even in parts of the country that have not had a single case of covid 19, it's effects on the economy and social interaction and education have been sorely felt.
We have been trying to seek out such families and help with their food needs but another six months of this is going to bring serious hardship to many.
Not all parents are in a position to be able to homeschool their child - they may not have been to school themselves or have no resources such as text books, technology or internet. Without a square meal at home, and with nothing to occupy themselves, there is more danger than ever of children running to the streets in hope of food or rescue, or getting into trouble through hunger and boredom. Please consider helping organisations such as ours that are helping the vulnerable in these difficult times. This time round, it is not drought or flooding that is likely to cause starvation - having barely made it through those problems, covid 19 is the new form of drought.
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