“El incremento de solicitudes para ingresar a una casa hogar ha aumentado 70% en los últimos dos años, frente a un decrecimiento de la cantidad de casas hogar”, advierte el abogado Leonardo Rodríguez, exdirector de la red de casas de abrigo Don Bosco. Venezuela pasó de tener 56 albergues infantiles en 2016, a solo 30 este año, según la Asamblea Nacional de Entidades y Programas de Protección a la Niñez y Adolescencia. Algunos de estos espacios han cerrado por falta de dinero, paradójicamente, cuando más se necesita que funcionen. Texto Completo -> VOA

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Noris González became the primary giver for her five grandchildren when her daughter left Venezuela for Colombia just days before the first Covid-19 cases were detected in the country. At 54, González finds herself raising the young children in an already challenging environment beset by socio-economic woes.“The most difficult part? Supporting them economically,” González tells Efe during an interview in the impoverished La Vega neighborhood of Caracas. Full Text -> LaPrensaLatina

As the country battles economic collapse, parents have been forced to migrate, leaving their offspring in the care of family, neighbours or sometimes alone. By Tom Phillips and Clavel Rangel. Full text-> The Guardian