Opinion: Tanzanian children face a bleak future under lockdown
19 May 2020 |
11:00 am
Tanzanian schoolkids need to stay at home during the COVID-19 crisis. They are dependent on a variety of media and technologies for their school lessons. Children living in poverty have — once again — been left behind.
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