Coronavirus Relief Fund

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Coronavirus Relief Fund

Project Report | Oct 2, 2024
An update on your donation to the Coronavirus Relief Fund

By Kelly Wilson | Senior Manager of Strategic Grants

Photo: Haligi ng Bata, Inc
Photo: Haligi ng Bata, Inc

Thank you for your generous donation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Never in the history of GlobalGiving had there been a challenge that so definitively illuminated the power of our vast community as COVID-19. 

Thanks to your generosity, the Coronavirus Relief Fund channeled more than $14.5 million dollars into the hands of nearly 500 high-impact and community-led nonprofits, fueling life-saving work in 80 countries around the world. 

Without your support, this truly global response to a global challenge would not have been possible. Here is what one of our most recent grantees, Remi Magaan of Haligi ng Bata, Inc., wanted you to know about the impact of your donation: 

Like most nonprofits at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, HBI was quick to implement relief programs in the form of food supplies provision and provision of clinic materials, protective equipment, vitamins, and medicines to underequipped public community health centers in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. 

Apart from the impact on public health, the pandemic has had a tremendous and long-term effect on Philippine public education. As part of its pandemic response, the Philippine government ordered the closure of all schools from March 2020 to April 2022. Face-to-face classes were suspended and students had to make do with distance learning to continue their education. This shift to distance learning contributed to the poor school performance of Filipino students. In recent international assessments, it was revealed that a typical Filipino student is five years behind in terms of mastery—meaning, a 6th grade student usually has the reading, writing, and math skills of a 1st grader. 

This finding is consistent with the feedback of partner teachers, parents, and what HBI has observed in the public schools they are helping. In response to this, HBI has been implementing a slew of student support services in the form of classroom improvements, mandatory tutorials for students after class, specialized home-based tutorials during school breaks, and radio-based tutorials for students with no internet access. 

GlobalGiving is now closing the Coronavirus Relief Fund after making a final round of grants to 10 high-impact and community-led nonprofits continuing to support their communities through the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, including Haligi ng Bata, Inc.

Here is a short description of some of the critical work you’ve supported: 

  • Darfur Women’s Network continues to support thousands of genocide survivors as they navigate the complex challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the strict safety regulations, their team delivered personal hygiene items, health guidance, water containers, safe stoves, and more to more than 7,000 people. They then shifted focus to empowering women through economic opportunities and livelihood support. The final grant from this fund will help establish a learning center that will provide educational and psychological support, life skills training, and networking opportunities to help their community bounce back from the added economic burden of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Develop Africa moved swiftly during the pandemic—from distributing food kits to families to providing remote learning tools like radios and solar lights. They established safe environments for in-person classes and continued pre-pandemic initiatives such as offering school support and vocational training for students and families. Looking ahead, they are scaling up their technology and infrastructure for remote learning, training teachers in effective tech use, and ensuring equitable access to education, particularly for marginalized and rural communities.
  • Federación Red Argentina para la Cooperación Internacional (RACI) strengthens civil society organizations (CSOs) that were threatened by the pandemic. During COVID-19, RACI launched an emergency fund to support CSOs with projects tailored to the unique circumstances of their regions. This approach ensured that solutions were relevant and impactful, addressing the specific needs of the communities they served. As they move forward, RACI aims to provide new resources, research, and workshops to help CSOs effectively integrate technology into their work.
  • Haligi ng Bata, Inc. is addressing the severe education setbacks caused by the pandemic in La Union Province, Philippines. Its approach to combat the setbacks includes a comprehensive array of modern educational tools, including computers, books, educational toys, and classroom audio-video equipment. They also plan to implement joint school-based livelihood projects, such as revolving livestock raising with the schools and parent groups, which will generate additional income for both the schools and the families of participating students to sustain these investments.
  • Tumaini Letu cultivated hope and cultural revitalization during the pandemic’s most challenging moments at the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi. Through vibrant art, expressive therapy workshops, psycho-education programs, and community events like the Tumaini Festival, the nonprofit fosters a strong sense of unity and collaboration among refugees and supporters worldwide. The $50,000 grant from the Coronavirus Relief Fund will enable the construction of an Entrepreneurship and Creative Center within the Dzaleka Refugee Camp, serving as a hub for learning, creativity, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing for both refugees and the host community.

The following organizations have also received grants in our final round of funding, thanks to you: 

Your support of the GlobalGiving Coronavirus Fund powered community-led responses that helped people get through their most trying times. Simply put: Thank you.

We are now closing our Coronavirus Relief Fund, as the pandemic declaration has ended and widespread disruptions in daily life have subdued. Yet, the work of our local partners to protect their communities lives on, especially as they work to grow stronger in the face of future challenges.

Learn more about the inspirational role of local leaders in ending the pandemic and paving the way forward to a safer world in this extended report on the GlobalGiving Coronavirus Relief Fund. 

With gratitude, 

Kelly Wilson + the GlobalGiving Team

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