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.
What you see here is the story of 16-year-old Nitin who loves to play kabaddi and cricket.
Living in a joint family, Nitin takes care of his younger sibling and supports his father on the farm. Not everyone in the house has their phone and Nitin shares the phone with other family members.
The first time when Nitin heard about Covid-19, he had many questions going on in his mind. Nitin looked for all his answers on the internet.
For Nitin, his entire world moved to a mobile phone where we would spend time talking to his friends, daydreaming, looking up news on Covid-19 and attending online classes.
Nitin hopes that everything becomes normal again so that he’d be able to spend more time with his friends and meet his friends physically.
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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