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When children become caregivers, who cares for them?
Yucan, a social enterprise founded by a young caregiver in the United Kingdom, is among the nonprofits and charities that have stepped up to support young people caring for family members.
In the United Kingdom, about a million young people under 18 years old spend more than 50 hours a week caring for family members struggling with illness, disability, addiction, or other afflictions, according to Carers Trust. On one track, Yucan hosts “awareness assemblies” and training workshops to help schools identify young carers, as educators are often the first and only point of outside contact for these children. About a million young people under 18 years old there spend more than 50 hours a week caring for family members struggling with illness, disability, addiction, or other afflictions, according to Carers Trust.
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