International: With more than a million children orphaned by COVID, faith-based groups look to mobilize support
Religion News Service – July 21, 2021
More than a million children around the world may have been orphaned by COVID-19, losing one or both parents to the disease or related causes. The numbers are from a new study by researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others that highlight another grim reality in the sweeping devastation caused by the ongoing pandemic. Members of the Faith to Action Initiative, a coalition of faith-based child welfare organizations that includes Bethany Christian Services, World Vision and other nonprofits and ministries, responded this week to the study published Tuesday (July 20) in The Lancet, encouraging Christians to mobilize to care for those children and support surviving family members.
Also: Global minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and deaths of caregivers: a modelling study: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2821%2901253-8
Also: Children: The Hidden Pandemic 2021: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community/orphanhood-report.pdf

With more than a million children orphaned by COVID, faith-based groups look to mobilize support