In 2020 Kindernothilfe led an exploratory research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the lives of working children and their families in six countries. One year later a follow up study has been undertaken in collaboration with the same six child-focused NGO partners from Bolivia (PASOCAP), Guatemala (CEIPA), Indonesia (PKPA), Kenya (WCY), the Philippines (KAUGMAON), and Zambia (JCM). This follow-up research aims to make visible the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on working children and their families a year after the previous study. The study focuses on changes they have experienced since the beginning of the pandemic, as well as their recommendations moving forward.