HCW partner organization Faith to Action has published the "Transitioning Support Services Survey Findings Report", which was co-authored by Laura Horvath, HCW's Director of Program Development and Community Engagement, Faith to Action Executive Director Elli Oswald, and Director of Programs Allison Coble. This report is a valuable tool to help advocates for orphaned and vulnerable children learn more about what support services are available for transition from institutional to family care. Download the highly informative report here or watch the video presentation below.
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Thanks to the support of our donors, including a very generous gift from the congregation of Floris UMC, the CRC was able to provide emergency food supplies to families that have been made even more vulnerable by the COVID pandemic. "Most parents have lost their source of income to support their homes," CRC Director Olivia Fonnie said. The CRC provided hundreds of needy families with rice, cooking oil, onions, and Maggi seasoning cubes, the staple foods for most lower income Sierra Leone families. In addition to helping families in Bo, the CRC case managers brought supplies to families in Fengehun, Manguama, Yamandu, Mattru on the Rail, and Sami villages. The majority of Sierra Leonean households spend most of their income on food, and the COVID containment measures have created real hardship for the vulnerable families served by the CRC. Even before COVID-19, experts projected that more than a million Sierra Leoneans would face severe acute food insecurity this year (Source: reliefweb.int.) The One Campaign estimates that 12,000 people per day across the globe could die from hunger linked to the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 by the end of this year. You can support our COVID response by donating here. Bethel UMC in Charleston, SC, an HCW partner church, donated personal protective equipment and critical supplies to Mercy Hospital to protect against COVID and help in the event of a suspected patient. The church also generously provided funds to ship the equipment. The donation that was shipped included replacement parts for three oxygenator units, face shields, face shield holders, N95 masks, and surgical gloves, as well as a large box of various medical supplies that will be shipped to the hospital at a later date. The oxygenator replacement parts are important because suspected COVID patients often present with low oxygen levels. Mercy Hospital does not have respirators (there are only a dozen or so in the entire country), nor is it a COVID treatment centre, but an oxygenator can be used to increase oxygen levels for a suspected COVID patient until they can be transported to the treatment centre. The face shields are considered to be better protection for the frontline health workers than just a N95 mask, as COVID enters through mucous membranes, specifically nose, mouth and eyes. If you would like to support HCW's COVID relief efforts, please donate here. |
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