Coronavirus: donate a meal for a kid- Ivory Coast

by Afrilanthropy
Coronavirus: donate a meal for a kid- Ivory Coast
Coronavirus: donate a meal for a kid- Ivory Coast
Coronavirus: donate a meal for a kid- Ivory Coast
Coronavirus: donate a meal for a kid- Ivory Coast

Summary

Children from impoverished families in poor neighborhood in Abidjan rely on schools to get a warm healthy meal daily. Now during the Covid19 pandemic, school closure mean that many children are at home with even less access to food security. This makes them even more vulnerable. The project support the provision of food meals by the local missionary of Mother Theresa

$1,962
total raised
30
donors
0
monthly donors
4
years

Challenge

Children from impoverished families in West Africa, in Ivory Coast rely on school meals to get their minimum daily calories intake. With the outbreak of the Covid19 pandemic, schools closure and parents in the informal sector out of work, food insecurity becomes very day a sad reality that many of us, privileged, can hardly understand. Join us in this crowdfunding campaign to provide food meals to these children. The local Missionnaires de la Charite & Sant' Egidio are our distribution partners

Solution

Ivory Coast schools closure on March 16th because of the coronavirus pandemic affected school meal programs. Underprivileged children including orphans and street children used to rely on meals provided at their schools. With the Pandemic, a nutritious meal per day belongs to the past leaving many hungry and vulnerable.We believe that assuring the provision of at least a meal per day will provide a substantial relief to families that typically work in the informal sectorand that are hit the

Long-Term Impact

hardest from government policies to contain the pandemic. The funding mobilized from this campaign will be channeled to "Missionnaires de la Charite" and the church of Sant' Egidio in Abidjan, which will assure the distribution of meals to 500 kids (including orphans and street children) who attended school in the Kumassi neighborhood. Contribute to social stability in Abidjan; Contribute to the wellbeing of the most vulnerable children; Provide relief to fragile and vulnerable households

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Organization Information

Afrilanthropy

Location: Luxembourg - Luxembourg
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Twitter: @afrilanthropy
Project Leader:
Chara Tsitoura
Luxembourg , Luxembourg

Funded Project!

Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.
   

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