NYC People Wait in Lines As Economic Pressure, Food Insecurity Mounts (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Dozens lined up outside a food pantry at the Evangel Christian School in LIC, Queens, New York City on Friday to receive a week’s worth of hot, healthy meals, as the economic pressure amid the coronavirus crisis further strains people's livelihood.
Children are being affected in many ways by COVID-19. In just last month, the United Nations warned that children are in danger of malnourishment and poverty due to the pandemic.
A new study out of Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project shows households with young children are among the most vulnerable to food insecurity. In all, 1 in 5 children in the United States are not getting enough to eat.