unicefさんのインスタグラム写真 - (unicefInstagram)「Béhé, 17, left his hometown of Bangolo in western Côte d’Ivoire about six years ago. After living on the streets of the capital, Abidjan, he travelled further west to the town of San-Pedro earlier this year. COVID-19 cases were just being reported in the country, and the resulting curfews made it even harder for those living on the streets to find enough food or money to survive.⠀ ⠀ “At first, I wasn’t afraid of the disease itself, but I knew it would have an impact on us,” Béhé says. “During the curfew, I was often chased by armed men in the streets.”⠀ ⠀ Béhé says it was a relief when he was approached by a social worker, who invited him to a UNICEF-supported child protection centre.⠀ ⠀ “They gave me everything I needed to be able to protect myself against COVID-19,” he says. “I’m also getting counselling, and food and other support. The strict routine and numeracy classes at the centre have taken a bit of getting used to, but I feel like I have hope here. And I’m happy that I’m able to learn things that can help me in the future.”⠀ ⠀ Interested in mechanics, Béhé wants to open his own garage one day. “I dream of my parents seeing me happy and being proud of me.” ⠀ ⠀ Since the start of the pandemic, UNICEF and partners in Côte d’Ivoire have helped to identify and support 646 children in street situations by mid-December, providing them psychosocial support, accommodation and care in transit centres. Many are unaccompanied migrant children separated from their families. Of the 646 children, 126 have already been reunited with their family. #MigrantsDay @unicefcotedivoire © UNICEF/Dejongh」12月19日 4時55分