By Amy Warnock | Development Manager
2021 has come to a close and Rain for the Sahel and Sahara (RAIN) would like to thank you for your ongoing support as we continue to move through this challenging time together. At this time Africa remains the least vaccinated continent with only about 4.2% of the population fully vaccinated, but there is hope on the horizon.
Thanks to you, RAIN was able to accomplish so much this past year. Your support helped:
provide safe water and hygiene trainings to 3,535 women, children, and family members across 16 communities;
distribute masks for all students and staff at all RAIN partner schools;
implement 6 handwashing stations in local middle schools to promote continued hygiene and limit disease spread as students returned to school;
provide food aid to 360 individuals across 62 households who were suffering disproportionately from the impacts of the pandemic and food insecurity.
You have enabled RAIN to provide critical resources to thousands of rural and nomadic peoples in Niger and for that we are so grateful. This effort is absolutely critical because with just 3,500 ventilators in sub-Saharan Africa, Niger cannot afford for the virus to spread further in its most remote, vulnerable communities.
Niger also recently received 398,970 doses of the Pfizer vaccine donated from the United States. These doses were shared with Niger with one goal in mind, to save lives. While the pandemic continues to affect all of us around the world, RAIN maintains an optimistic outlook with the hope that things will get better as we keep working together.
Please consider continuing your support and asking your friends and family to join you in giving to keep children and families protected from further hardship due to COVID-19. Your generosity means more than you know. Having access to basic essentials like food, water, and soap enables community members to not only have a reprieve from the stress of the pandemic, but be able to send their children to school without worry. Thank you for partnering with us to equip Nigeriens with the necessary resources to endure in the face of extreme adversity.
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