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Call for Help: An open line for protecting children
In a protected booth, carefully separated from her co-workers, Barbra Sillingi listens intently before speaking calmly into her telephone headset. As a counsellor in the Nairobi offices of Childline Kenya, a national helpline for children that addresses mental health and violence against children, ‘listen to them’...
Press release
Impact of COVID-19 on poor mental health in children and young people ‘tip of the iceberg’ – UNICEF
New York, Nairobi, 5 October 2021 – Children and young people could feel the impact of COVID-19 on their mental health and well-being for many years to come, UNICEF warned in its flagship report today. According to The State of the World’s Children 2021 ; On My Mind: promoting, protecting and caring for childre...
Report
Tracking the impact of COVID-19 on adolescent girls in Kenya
This special edition COVID-19 Barometer is a joint project between Shujaaz Inc and UNICEF (Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office and Kenya Country Office). It is the outcome of a collaboration launched in September 2020, rooted in our shared work to break down barriers, so that young people in East and South...