{"id":18601,"date":"2021-09-30T11:08:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T11:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=18601"},"modified":"2021-09-30T11:08:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T11:08:12","slug":"many-ugandan-children-forced-into-hard-labor-as-covid-closes-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/many-ugandan-children-forced-into-hard-labor-as-covid-closes-schools","title":{"rendered":"Many Ugandan children forced into hard labor, as COVID closes schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Uganda<\/p>\n<p>The effects of the pandemic on children vary dramatically depending on the country. With schools still shuttered in Uganda and other developing nations, many children have no choice but to work to survive. In Africa, more than one-fifth of children \u2014 around 87 million kids \u2014 work. 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