Project Report
| Nov 25, 2020
Covid -19 ! A Kenyan Challenge!
By Pamela Ateka | Project Leader
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease has resulted in the deaths of 443, 685 people (as of June 17, 2020) globally and has led to the suspension of most economic activities devastating people’s means of livelihood. It has also led to the closure of learning institutions. In Kenya, the Ministry of Education has put in place strategies to ensure continuity of education through distance online learning delivered through radio, television and the Internet. However, these strategies have further widened the inequality gap, as learners from poor, vulnerable, and marginalized households are unable to benefit from continued learning through these platforms due to lack of access.
Further, with the loss of livelihoods particularly in low-income households, some children may be forced into income-generating activities to support their families’ survival. Also, school closure has stopped the provision of school meals and sanitary towels, which children from disadvantaged families rely on significantly. This raises the risks of young girls engaging in transactional sex in order to gain not only access to these essential needs but also to support their families. There is evidence that links poverty, lack of family support, and transactional sex to increase in teenage pregnancies especially in informal settlement where children are giving birth to children.
Community Focus Group is working to mitigate the effects of Covid 19 on our Children , our Climate ,and our community!
Thank you for your support! Theres room to do more to mitigate the effects of this pandemic!
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Aug 2, 2020
Covid -19 Harsh Economic Times In Kenya
By Pamela Ateka | Project Leader
A few months ago, the daily nation in Kenya wrote a front page article the title was : What Shall we eat? It was a few months after the March country lockdown and Nairobi shut down, Many Kenyans were not going to work , they begun working from home and others who had to be physically present at work did not know what to do especially those that were running Small and medium bussinesses, the general idea is that many bussinessess and people have lost thousands of job and the general question has been what shall we eat?
Community Focus Group has sent cash transfers as well as bought food for street families ,elderly people , this has helped support some families for a week or so, the state of desparation in families is great and more needs to be done to ensure that families and mostly women and children do not sleep hungry.
What shall we eat? is the question that Community Focus Group hopes to help bring the solution to during this season of Covid -19 and we are making a difference on a weekly basis in the lives of street families and elderly people, What Shall they Eat?
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