Masks and Soap for Mozambique
Donation protected
For the last seven months I have lived and work as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ile, Zambezia, Mozambique. The people of my community quickly became my family and friends. Less than two weeks ago I was evacuated back to the United States with only one day to pack up and say good-bye. This has been devastating not just because of the loss of my home, work and life, but because of the potential devastation that coronavirus could cause while I am away. My community has very high incidence of HIV, which puts children, youth, and adults at risk.
In an effort to support my loved ones back home in Mozambique, I am working with two non-profit organizations to make and distribute masks as well as to purchase and distribute bars of soap. Our target populations are families with at least one person living with HIV and market vendors who are in regular contact with many people.
Our project will create informational cards to accompany masks, explaining the importance of social distancing, hand washing, coughing into the elbow, not touching the face, and staying home if possible. We will encourage market vendors to use the masks whenever sitting in the market selling produce (because social distancing is not feasible in this activity), and family members of our vulnerable population to use masks if they have symptoms or if they must go to the market.
Our current goal is to distribute 2,400 bars of soap and to make and distribute 2,000 masks.
Note: One of my partner organizations currently supports about 1,500 families effected by HIV and has upwards of 4,000 beneficiaries including orphans and vulnerable children. Hundreds of vendors sell products in Ile's two street markets on a daily basis.
In an effort to support my loved ones back home in Mozambique, I am working with two non-profit organizations to make and distribute masks as well as to purchase and distribute bars of soap. Our target populations are families with at least one person living with HIV and market vendors who are in regular contact with many people.
Our project will create informational cards to accompany masks, explaining the importance of social distancing, hand washing, coughing into the elbow, not touching the face, and staying home if possible. We will encourage market vendors to use the masks whenever sitting in the market selling produce (because social distancing is not feasible in this activity), and family members of our vulnerable population to use masks if they have symptoms or if they must go to the market.
Our current goal is to distribute 2,400 bars of soap and to make and distribute 2,000 masks.
Note: One of my partner organizations currently supports about 1,500 families effected by HIV and has upwards of 4,000 beneficiaries including orphans and vulnerable children. Hundreds of vendors sell products in Ile's two street markets on a daily basis.
Organizer
Naomi Oyler
Organizer
San Luis Obispo, CA