The Impact of COVID on Pre-school Children
Sima Al-Ghawaly, Beit Jala, OPT
One day, I passed to the Nursery to discuss some of the issues with the sisters. I saw innocent sad children. I wonder! Where is the smile, the happy faces, the laughing, and the active and lively kids?
I was shocked! I started to call them come on, wake up, let’s play. Let’s have fun but, no one moved. I started to notice bruise on their bodies, red faces, burned hands .
I asked the nun directly "what this is?" She said this is their parents’ deeds. I got crazy. Believe me I started to cry especially when I saw the hands of a child are burned . The boy said, “Don’t cry, at the beginning they were hurting but now they are okay.” I hugged him and ask him why you burnt your hands? Where you careless? He replied in innocent and sad voice,
“Mum wanted to teach me a lesson don’t hit my brother, so she burnt may hands.” There were around eight cases like this.
We have to make summer camp for long hours to protect the kids, offer them healthy meals and wake up their lively and innocent heart. I always depend on God and I have to wake up Jesus!
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