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Programme Overview – Emergencies
900 households in Turkana County received daily meals.
65 Hand washing facilities installed.
Emergencies
The countries we work in are susceptible to frequent natural disasters such as drought and flash flooding resulting in vulnerable people losing their livelihoods and pushing families further into poverty.
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions was an additional threat to communities. In response, Aidlink together with our partners adjusted programmes
to meet immediate needs of targeted communities. School feeding was transferred from school to households, providing 6,826 people with a daily meal for three months. We supplied health centres with essential personal protective equipment and hand washing facilities to communities Karamoja, Uganda and Kajiado, Kibera and Turkana, Kenya.
In partnership with the Ministry of
Health, Kenya, and the National Drought Management Authority, Kenya and the Turkana Task Force, information campaigns were implemented across four counties. These campaigns took various mediums to share information to empower families with the best guidance to protect their families from the virus. The estimated reach of the radio messaging was 30,000 people across four counties.
Community facilitators were equipped
with smart phones and took on additional responsibilities in disseminating public health information and real-time monitoring.
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