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UNICEF and the British Embassy are responding to the needs by distributing more than a thousand of packages and kits consisting of masks, hand sanitizers and other necessary protection tools for children and teachers. The assistance aims to also support families as much as possible in providing conditions to protect their children throughout the essential education process.
In Kosovo, one of the biggest challenges in ensuring the educational process for all children continued to be poverty during the period of the pandemic, which continues to be significantly high in Kosovo. The situation analysis report on children and mothers in Kosovo, published in February 2020 by UNICEF, shows that the percentage of poverty in children is 23 percent, while 7 percent of which live in extreme poverty. Ensuring school equipment, and protective equipment against COVID-19, is an additional challenge for these children.
Thus, it was necessary to establish a sustainable partnership to reach out the children in need.
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