by Anjali Kochar | Oct 26, 2020 | CNN
By Jessie Yeung and Priyali Sur One evening in August, a 14-year-old boy snuck out of his home and boarded a private bus to travel from his village in Bihar to Jaipur, a chaotic, crowded and historical city 800 miles away in India’s Rajasthan state. He and his...
by Anjali Kochar | Oct 19, 2020 | Field Notes
As schools are closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, digital learning has emerged as a remote learning opportunity for students across India, but still there are millions of children who are deprived from digital learning because of lack of internet connectivity and...
by Anjali Kochar | Oct 13, 2020 | The Washington Post
By Valerie Strauss We read a great deal about the damage that children in the United States are suffering because of the coronavirus pandemic, but less so about the consequences for tens of millions of young people around the world who face dire futures without...
by Anjali Kochar | Oct 12, 2020 | CBS News
New Delhi — When India’s government imposed a strict lockdown in March to try to curb coronavirus infections, Sagheer Shah, a tailor in the small town of Faizabad, had to close his shop. For three months he didn’t earn a penny, burning through his savings...
by Anjali Kochar | Oct 7, 2020 | Field Notes
Last month, Laureates & Leaders for Children convened a virtual summit (#FairShare4Children) – its third ever convening – bringing together Nobel Laureates, world leaders, visionaries and youth activists to discuss the urgent situation facing...
