When both their parents died of COVID-19 in June 2021 within hours of each other, Elsa Lida Ningrum, 24, was thrust into being sister, mother and head of the family to Santi, 8. But staying strong for her little sister is a struggle when Elsa still wrestles with grief herself - sometimes it’s Santi who gives the much-needed comforting hugs. Still in university, Elsa has received help finding work in the finance department of a frozen food company, and the job helps to support herself and her sister. But mentally and emotionally, she doesn’t know if she can provide the healing that Santi needs. “My greatest fear is what if I cannot take care of my sister,” she says. As of January 2022, about 34,000 children in Indonesia are documented as having lost one or both parents to COVID-19. Watch the full #Insight episode Asia’s Lost Generation: Indonesia's Children Orphaned By COVID-19: https://youtu.be/_SvKYn_D3JM Also watch: 12-Year-Old Wants To Go Back To School So Badly, He Collects Trash To Sell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5OGu1NLfVk We Lost Our Parents, And A Year Of School, To COVID-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6zy6nJs3u8 19-Year-Old Flees Prostitution And Aces School Exams. Then COVID Happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86ZehEwAUM0 For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram: https://ift.tt/2C3sZiR Facebook: https://ift.tt/2PPEuNA Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider
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