we're joined now by kendra gregson she's a south asia regional advisor with the u.n. children's fund unicef and joins us from the nepalese capital cap and you thanks for being with us what impact do you see the coronavirus lockdowns having on children in south asia i mean as you just heard the effects on children can be like life long lasting right now there are about 418000000 children locked in their homes or in their homes in lockdown with family practice 5 and discipline there are an increase in the number of children who are calling our help lines including for areas just child marriage which is continuing including calls for help suicide so the impact can be great in your opinion or lockdowns doing more harm than good for poor families in the region. i think they're facing a change in law. father she used to go well there were grandmothers who used to go to work are now at home they're not burning the income that they used to or they're not able to prepare their children in the same way that they were where in the past education is stopped schools have closed ac