One year of the lockdown robbed children of their childhood and violated their very basic right to play, education, mental health and well-being amongst others. If the lockdown seemed overwhelming for us, can you imagine what it must have been like for our children, who were forced to be indoors?
To understand the experiences of children during the year, Prachi Jain, an illustrator and visual design student from NID, Vijayawada had conversations with 4 children from Sagar in Madhya Pradesh. She used the power of her art to visually depict what children shared with her.
Sixteen-year-old Sakshi struggled to study during a year of the pandemic and she missed her grandmother the most.
She would often help her father and support him in the local grocery shop that he was running. Apart from her home, the shop also became a space where Sakshi would try to juggle her studies.
It has almost been a year that Sakshi met her grandmother and she misses spending time with her.
Saakshi dislikes online learning and finds it difficult to concentrate during online classes and shared that her attention span had drastically reduced.
For Sakshi, she saw the world through a window, almost feeling caged being in the home 24/7.
This series is part of our micro campaign #LockedChildhood that is capturing stories on What One Year Of Lockdown meant for our children, their rights and child protection.
Leher is a child rights organization working to make child protection a shared responsibility. We envision a society where caring families, alert communities, and responsive governments come together to ensure the rights and protection of all children.
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