“At home, I have to share the computer with my big brother and sister,” said eight-year-old Kamaljit Sultana, who lives in Tower Hamlets in east London, one of the city's poorest boroughs.More than 93,000 people have died in Britain in the outbreak, and the country has been in a new lockdown since early this month, as a new variant of the virus has caused a worrying surge in cases.
Some “either don’t have any devices in their home or they’re trying to learn online using a mobile phone”, he told AFP.Kate Anstey, of Child Poverty Action Group, says some parents were getting up early and writing out worksheets by hand because they do not have a printer. The pandemic has highlighted deep inequalities and the Conservative government has been forced into providing free school meals, after a campaign by the Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford.
“We support families where there are six people living in one room. They don’t have a table, there’s no chairs... If they want to sit, they have to sit on the bed, or sit on the floor,” said Laurence Guinness, chief executive of the Childhood Trust, which helps children in the British capital. For such children, the closure of schools deprives them of “an escape from the very harsh reality of their lives”, said Guinness.Charities are concerned about the long-term impact of the school closures on children who may be more vulnerable to gang activity, crime and abuse, and were already lagging behind their peers educationally.
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