Outside her home in the Lagos slum of Makoko, Esther Ikechukwu stacks two upturned buckets, places a handbag on top and rests a tablet against it. Already with more children out of education than any other country, 13 million according to the United Nations, the virus threatens even more futures. Most at risk are those like Esther, growing up in Nigeria’s slums with few social safety nets.
