On 30th March 2020, the Kuro-Wari Global Foundation carried out a COVID-19 sensitization and welfare outreach in Jikoko and Ajegunle communities, Mpape, Abuja. Our medical team educated community members on the pandemic, with emphasis on handwashing, hygiene and environmental sanitation as key preventive measures.
The outreach was originally planned to support 120 vulnerable women, including widows, single mothers and the physically challenged. Upon arrival, the team was met with a crowd of over 400 people, highlighting the urgent and overwhelming need within the community; relief materials were carefully repackaged to reach as many individuals and families as possible. Foodstuffs were distributed to households whose livelihoods had been affected by the lockdown, and the outreach was strengthened by a donation of antiseptic soaps and disinfectants from the Brunch and Bond Community.
Objectives
- Educate the community on preventing COVID-19 through handwashing, hygiene and sanitation
- Provide relief to vulnerable women and families during the lockdown
Achievements
- Planned for 120 vulnerable women but met a crowd of over 400 people, and repackaged relief materials to reach as many as possible
- Distributed foodstuffs to households whose livelihoods were hit by the lockdown
- Brunch and Bond Community donated antiseptic soaps and disinfectants