How pandemic is changing the lives of children in Middle East and Eastern Europe

For many children, the COVID-19 crisis is a food crisis: 60% of adolescents worry about falling into poverty, with Afghanistan (99%), Iraq (93%), Syria (89%) and Lebanon (73%) scoring highest.

New research explores the stress children in World Vision programs in the Middle East and Eastern Europe region are under due to COVID-19. In addition to their fear that they themselves or their loved ones will catch the disease, children worry about economic hardships, the loss of their education, increased violence and social isolation. But in the midst of it all, a clear message comes through – young people are hopeful about the future, they want to make a contribution and they want their voices to be heard.

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