Since COVID-19 showed up in Myanmar and India, our local staff supported our beneficiaries in many ways. Covid-19 spread hadn’t only health consequences, but the biggest impact in our project’s context was the socio-economic consequence of local lockdowns. That’s why we invested 21.567 € to support local population in this critical period.

 

 

 

Actually both Myanmar and India are still in lockdown and we’re keeping on supporting them. Since March 2020 until today we organized different activities trying to face the emergency and answer to local needs:

 

  • 12.020 € invested for distribution of FOOD and BASIC GOODS to families who were struggling after the lockdown.

 

  • 4.520 € invested for distribution of HYGIENIC MATERIALS to all our beneficiaries and in support to local municipalities. 

 

  • 2.673 € invested for MEDICINES and DOCTOR’S VISITS to our beneficiaries. 

 

  • 2.356 € invested in the organization of PREVENTION TRAINING about COVID-19.

 

   

   

 

 

 

We organized those activities in all contexts we are working in.

 

 In India we’re keeping on supporting slum’s children with disabilities and their families, especially in this period when they are most isolated than ever.

 

  

Coronavirus Dance

In Yangon, Myanmar, we’re keeping on supporting the juvenile detention center through education activities and we added also special activities for COVID-19. We’re keeping on supporting the School for Disabled Children and the Disabled Care Centre through a constant provision of hygienic materials and basic goods. Whenever the lockdown allowed us we also kept on supporting them through our professional staff, even though now that the lockdown is stricter our professionals are not allowed to enter the centre.

 

 Distribution

In Shan State our activities in community based rehabilitation for children with disabilities, drugs prevention and rural development kept on as planned. We only had to stop for 2 months, even though we had special permission to go in villages for distributions or similar activities, but now the situation in that region is not so critical and there is no lockdown for the moment.

 

Our House of Dreams in Taunggyi gave availability to host people in quarantine, we organized everything in the house in order to be able to meet these special guests and we were able to answer to all request from the government, hosting some group for 14 days each.

 

Luckily we were able to support those activities thanks to a special attention from our main donors, through an agreed adaptation of project’s budget to these new special needs. We also had some unexpected contributions from private donors who helped us to face this critical period.

 

 

Unfortunately the emergency hasn’t stopped yet, most of our beneficiaries are still in lockdown and lockdown consequences will gave new problems for longer than expected. So if you wish to help us please donate here indicating “Covid-19 emergency”.

THANKS TO ALL OUR DONORS AND SUPPORTERS!