Giving Compass' Take:

• Joe McCarthy writes for Global Citizen about Greta Thunberg's donation to reduce the corrosive effects of the pandemic on the child rights crisis.

• How does the coronavirus threaten children in particular? How can we increase our own giving to support funds that reduce the effects of COVID-19 on children? 

• Learn about effective funds in the fight against the child rights crisis here.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated the entirety of her $100,000 prize money from the Danish nonprofit Human Act to UNICEF to protect children during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release.

Human Act, which campaigns to end extreme poverty globally, awarded Thunberg the money for her tireless climate advocacy work.

The group boosted Thunberg’s donation by chipping in another $100,000 to the UNICEF campaign. The funds will go toward providing food, health care, educational support, and various other services as part of UNICEF’s broader campaign to address issues facing children during the pandemic.

"Like the climate crisis, the coronavirus pandemic is a child rights crisis," Thunberg in a statement. "It will affect all children, now and in the long term, but vulnerable groups will be impacted the most. I’m asking everyone to step up and join me in support of UNICEF’s vital work to save children's lives, to protect health, and continue education."

Through the campaign, UNICEF will also distribute essential hygiene supplies, including personal protective gear, and hygiene kits.

These efforts are part of the United Nations' Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19, which seeks to raise $2 billion to contain the virus and support affected communities.

UNICEF, in particular, is providing school meals to children amid school closures, overseeing a global learning platform, campaigning for a global ceasefire, and sending medical supplies to low-income countries.

"The coronavirus pandemic is the greatest struggle the world has seen in generations," UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said. "Children and young people are among the most severely impacted by the knock-on effects of COVID-19, so it is only natural that they would want to do something about it."

Read the full article about coronavirus: the child rights crisis by Joe McCarthy at Global Citizen.