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Summer activities are crucial in this post-confinement phase.

Samia Fitouri, communications manager of WOSM, talks about the role of Scouts during the pandemic and how summer camps will adapt to the new health rules.

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Searching for alternatives can no longer be done individually but together, to build a society where everyone, regardless of what they have and can afford, can live in freedom and dignity.

Opinion

Maybe, returning to normality should be done from a different lens, with a special focus on protecting nature and the environment.

Opinion
Measles has been present in the Congo for seven years and is considered the most serious in the world.

The country declares a second Ebola outbreak on top of the global coronavirus pandemic and the measles outbreak it has been suffering from years

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Child poverty will increase around the world due to Covid-19 crisis.

44% of new cases of child poverty will be recorded in Europe and Central Asia, according to Save the Children and UNICEF.

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 In a large family you are not alone and you have always someone to play with.

The president of ELFAC talks about the difficulties large families have faced during the confinement and asks the European Comission to work on the idea of the Child Guarantee to fight against child poverty and help these families.

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Older persons have faced both direct and indirect forms of discrimination during the pandemic.

The Policy Coordinator of Human Rights and Non-Discrimination at AGE Platform Europe talks about how older people have suffered the consequences of the pandemic and what measures are necessary to support them.  

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Older people have been exposed to increased risk of violence, abuse and neglect without access to prevention or support services.

The senior Rights Policy Advisor of HelpAge talks about how Covid-19 has affected older people and what kind of global response will be necessary in the immediate future.

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The toolkit will include suggestions about how volunteering in events can best lead to longer term volunteering.

The European Volunteer Centre organises a webinar to identify what are the specificities of volunteering in the new reality.

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Numerous volunteer initiatives have been launched to support the most vulnerable people all over Europe.

Citizens all across Europe are volunteering to support vulnerable people and each other during this crisis period. The European Volunteer Centre has compiled some examples.

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 Andrés García, coordinator of Irídia.

Several entities throughout Spain, including Irídia, are demanding the permanent closure of the Immigration Detention Centres once the confinement is over, as well as an end to deportations.

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We believe the pandemic has shown the big gap most of the european countries have regarding human rights and has made visible all the inequality that the system has fostered and taken advantage of for years.

Opinion

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