COVID-19: Safeguarding Vulnerable Families

COVID-19: Safeguarding Vulnerable Families
The global pandemic has touched nearly every community in the world.
For millions of families living in poverty, the crisis has brought with it not just the virus itself, but a series of ripple effects, including severe food shortages, reduced income and limited access to health care.
Helen Keller Intl staff are at work in hard-hit communities in Africa, Asia and the United States, confronting the imminent dangers posed by the pandemic — including a mounting hunger crisis — as we maintain the essential services critical to lifelong health and wellbeing.
As a global pandemic endangered the world’s most vulnerable people, we responded swiftly, with a science-based strategy to address the far-reaching ripple effects of COVID-19, including rising poverty and extreme hunger.