See VSO’s COVID-19 response in action

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we asked our supporters to donate to help us adapt quickly. Thanks to people like you we raised £223k to fund this emergency work. This fantastic support helped us adapt around 80% of our programmes in just ten days. Here are some examples of what we were able to achieve.

Nepal: keeping girls safe and learning

980 families provided with hygiene kits — 980 families were provided with hygiene kits including soap, towel, toothbrush, reusable sanitary pad, underwear, nail cutter, hygiene kit bag and liquid chlorine.

Education via radio during lockdown — By developing radio broadcasts - and providing in-need families with portable radios - we reached some of the most marginalised children whilst their schools were closed.

Myanmar: helping children return to learning

10,000 back to school kits for children — VSO distributed back to school kits for 10,000 children, which contain milk, soap and face masks.

744 food packs for local teachers and their families. — VSO provided nutrition support for 744 teachers including rice, oil and beans.

Primary teachers gain skills to teach remotely — 27 teachers were provided with digital literacy training to be able to educate students remotely.

Nigeria: helping mothers secure a livelihood

150 women learnt to make and sell face masks — VSO trained seamstresses like Mumagkur Hamidu were able to provide for their families by producing and selling face masks.

Women were able to provide for their families.

Bangladesh: helping primary education continue through lockdown

50 teachers visited refugee children at home — 50 VSO trained Big Sisters visiting refugee children in their shelters during lockdown - bringing colouring books, games and songs.

4,200 children able to continue their education — 4,200 children like Monir were able to continue their education through the home visits.

I hope you enjoyed these examples of how your support helped. Thank you so much again. You can read more examples of our COVID-19 response below.

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