COVID-19 | Odisha faces many hurdles in rehabilitation of orphaned children
The Hindu
The experience of rehabilitating orphaned children during the 1999 super cyclone can be a good tool in taking care of the ones orphaned by the pandemic.
The left hundreds of children of Odisha orphaned throwing them into a sea of despair and loneliness and forcing them to fight the battle of life too early. Two decades later, COVID-19, that has so far taken the lives of 3,500 people in Odisha, may leave . As of now, 54 children have lost both their parents while 967 have been left with single parent due to the pandemic in the State. In Rayagada district, a migrant couple died of COVID-19 last month, leaving their twin daughters in the lurch. In Bhograi block of Balasore district, the sight of a seven-year girl cradling her 18-month-old brother after their parents succumbed to the viral infection in quick succession leaves people in tears.
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