An interview with Vaishali Vahikar, sponsorship director, and Nandini Sundaramurthy, executive director, at Bharatiya Samaj Seva Kendra (BSSK), Holt's partner in Pune, India.

How is the pandemic affecting children and families in Holt sponsorship?

Vaishali: The children didn’t know why all these restrictions were being put on them. We had to start with telling them how corona spreads and how one should take precautions like putting on masks, washing their hands, sanitizing. If you’re out of house, you have to sanitize again when you come inside. So our initial work was more on educating the families regarding all the precautions one should take to prevent from getting infection.