COVID-19  Kenya Project #46252

Coronavirus response in Kibera

by The Turning Point Trust
Coronavirus response in Kibera
Coronavirus response in Kibera
Coronavirus response in Kibera
Coronavirus response in Kibera
Coronavirus response in Kibera
Coronavirus response in Kibera

Project Report | Aug 3, 2020
Coronavirus response in Kibera - 5 months in

By Emily Obiti | Field Worker

Parents shop using their weekly food vouchers
Parents shop using their weekly food vouchers

Thank you so much for supporting us to respond to coronavirus in Kibera. You’ve helped us to do so much to stand with the community we serve. The first cases of coronavirus in Kenya were reported in March and schools (and therefore all our normal programmes) were closed immediately. Since then, with your help, we have:

  • Provided 1,733 food vouchers to families who have lost jobs and incomes
  • Distributed 234 face masks to the families we serve
  • Run 19 handwashing stations around Kibera that serve 665 people each day
  • Distributed 273 posters spreading useful information on coronavirus, how to stop the spread and how to correctly use a face mask.
  • Providing worksheets and teacher support to help children continue learning at home

Since schools closed, our social workers have kept in regular contact with each of the 150 families we normally work with in Kibera. While a few have managed to keep their jobs or sustain their small businesses, most have lost their usual sources of income from casual labour. Normally their children would receive 2 school meals each day at our centres, now most families are only eating one meal a day to stretch out the little they have. Like 10-year-old Alex, both of his parents have lost their jobs and there’s rarely enough food in the house for Alex and his siblings. You have helped us to provide a weekly food voucher to the hardest-hit families including Alex.

We’re distributing these vouchers through local shops in Kibera, this means Alex and his family can get whatever they need close to their home and we support small-businesses in Kibera at the same time.

We’re continuing to provide free handwashing stations around the slum enabling people to wash their hands regularly at no extra cost. We’re partnering with small business owners who watch over the ad hoc handwash points made out of recycled cooking oil bottles. Three of our student’s mums are making the 125l of soap needed each week to supply the stations.

We have not yet reached the peak of infections in Kenya and schools are not expected to open until January 2021. We are determined to continue supporting the families we work with and the wider community as best we can. If you could make another donation to help us sustain this work, or share about what we’re doing with a friend, you would be making a huge difference.

Thank you.

Locally-made reusable masks
Locally-made reusable masks
Handwashing stations in the community
Handwashing stations in the community
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The Turning Point Trust

Location: Woking, Surrey - United Kingdom
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Project Leader:
Brenda Kaloki
Woking , Surrey United Kingdom

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