The Impact of COVID-19 on Children, Young People, and Families in Sihanoukville, Cambodia: The Mitigating Work of M’Lop Tapang

Figures & data

Figure 1. Factors associated with compromised children’s health, wellbeing, and futures during the pandemic.

Figure 2. Quote from an interview conducted in survey one, revealing significant worries for the future.

Figure 3. Mean daily income in the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

Table 1. Impact on families of a decrease in income (Sihanoukville, Cambodia) [Survey one; n = 154 families].

Area of impact	Families reporting this impact [n (%)]
Less food for family or children	125 (81%)
Reduced quality of food	97 (63%)
Not enough money to pay back debts	49 (32%)
Not enough money to pay rent	43 (28%)
Not enough money to pay for transport to M’Lop Tapang to obtain free healthcare	35 (23%)
Needed to borrow money	32 (21%)
Increased violence or arguments at home said to be due to stress	25 (16%)
Children now needing to work to help earn income for the family	20 (13%)
Not fixing urgent house repairs	17 (11%)
Started dangerous or illegal work	5 (3%)

Figure 4. Economic situation for families in survey two (October 2020) compared with survey one (May 2020).

Figure 5. Quote from an interview conducted in survey two, revealing food poverty being ameliorated by the interventions from M’Lop Tapang.

Figure 6. Reported subjective view of the likely impact if M’Lop Tapang withdrew food support during the pandemic [Survey two; n=150 families].

Figure 7. Quote from an interview conducted in survey three.

Figure 8. Reported impact of the economic situation (June 2021) in Sihanoukville, Cambodia (Survey three; June 2021. n=214 individuals).

Figure 9. Case study of food poverty.