Quake Exposes Child Safety Gaps

CaraballedaTwin 13-year-olds remain buried under a collapsed tower.

3.9 million children live in Venezuela’s quake-hit areas, UNICEF estimates; the local child-protection office was itself damaged, and rescuers lack machinery to clear the rubble.

Families keep digging by hand as the national child-rights council issues emergency instructions.

Sources: Global Voices