{"id":55484,"date":"2020-04-17T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=55484"},"modified":"2022-06-02T12:34:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T04:34:53","slug":"humanitarian-sector-produces-an-online-storybook-to-help-kids-cope-with-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/04\/17\/humanitarian-sector-produces-an-online-storybook-to-help-kids-cope-with-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanitarian Sector Produces an Online StoryBook to Help Kids Cope With COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fears and worries\u2014those are just a few of many baggage people around the world have been carrying since the COVID-19 pandemic started its awful effect on mankind. Sure, all of us have been doing our own strategies to cope and to survive from this global dilemma.<\/p>\n

The capability to understand fully has also been one of the strongest keys to do it but how about the children who are still in the stage of great wonders and adventures? How do you think would they be able to understand and cope with such a crisis?<\/p>\n

With that, there’s already a storybook that can be accessed online to help your kids and all the young people understand and cope with COVID-19 pandemic easily.<\/p>\n

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More than 50 organizations from the humanitarian sector worldwide including the World Health Organization, in collaboration with United Nations Children\u2019s Fund, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and Save the Children produced a new storybook that will explain COVID-19 in ways that are easier for kids to grasp.<\/p>\n

Titled\u00a0“My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19<\/a>!”<\/strong>, the\u00a0storybook\u00a0explains how children and young people would be able to protect themselves, their families, and friends from coronavirus.<\/p>\n

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Further, the said storybook will also explain how\u00a0to manage difficult emotions when confronted\u00a0by a new and rapidly changing reality.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0\u00a0project of the\u00a0<\/strong>Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings, this storybook will also provide\u00a0mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings for kids aged\u00a0six to 11 years old.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to reach as many children as possible, the book\u00a0has been widely translated with 16 language versions<\/strong> in both an online product and audiobook. Below are the\u00a0different\u00a0versions of “My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19!”:<\/p>\n