UNICEF calls for support to keep displaced kids learning
View(s):UNICEF has appealed for support for emergency education kits for children displaced by landslides and floods.
This was in addition to the appeals for additional funding to provide clean drinking water, essential nutrition supplies and psychosocial support.
Initial estimates suggest that over 275,000 children are among the 1.4 million people affected.
“UNICEF remains deeply concerned about the destruction the cyclone has caused to children and the vital services they depend on for their safety and well-being. We stand in solidarity with families who have suffered losses and displacement and extend our deepest condolences to those mourning loved ones,” said Emma Brigham, UNICEF Representative in Sri Lanka.
“Children urgently need help. It is a race against time to reach the most vulnerable families who direly require lifesaving services,” she added. “And while the cyclone may have passed, the consequences have not.”
The severe damage to homes and vital infrastructure, along with the disruption of essential services, has caused widespread displacement and increases the risk of disease outbreaks, malnutrition, unsafe living conditions, and severe emotional distress among children.
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