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the continued impact of the pandemic on the ability of caregivers to provide food for their children and households remain. The study’s findings raise some important points that need to be taken into CONSIDERATION by the government, as the virus continues to spread and lockdown restrictions remain in place.

Lockdown is possible for those living in formal areas as they have yards, even if small, for children to PLAY in. However, lockdown is ‘impossible’ for those living in informal settlements.

In informal settlements, families live in small shacks crammed together with little outside area for children to play in. Children are thus forced to play in the streets and PARKS, and parents live in constant fear of their children contracting Covid-19 and bringing it home.

Access to water and sanitation is on a communal basis and facilities are often some distance from the shacks.

Communities experience FREQUENT power cuts which necessitate street committee meetings with people standing next to each other, and frequent trips to shops to buy paraffin. Community MEMBERS are sometimes harassed by the police when out getting provisions or visiting the clinic.