Responding to Covid-19 in Cameroon
IRISH AID HAS SUPPORTED PLAN INTERNATIONAL AND PARTNERS IN CORONAVIRUS PREVENTION IN RURAL AND ISOLATED COMMUNITIES IN CAMEROON. Cameroon was already in a vulnerable position prior to the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic this year. Conflict and insecurity have prevailed in three distinct regions across the country in recent years: the Far North region […]
Responding to Covid-19 in Borno State, Nigeria
PLAN INTERNATIONAL IS WORKING TO IMPROVE COVID-19 PREVENTION AND RESPONSE MEASURES IN BORNO STATE Already grappling with insurgency & large numbers of internally displaced people, Borno State now has the added risk of COVID-19 to contend with. As the most populous country in Africa, Nigeria is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of COVID-19. Not only […]
Climate Change Adaptation & Covid-19 in Timor Leste
IN ADDITION TO THE CONSTANT THREAT OF NATURAL DISASTERS, COMMUNITIES IN TIMOR-LESTE ARE ADAPTING TO THE PERVASIVE THREAT OF COVID-19 & HOPING TO GET CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL. Timor-Leste is an island country in Southeast Asia with a population of over 1.3 million. Following decades of conflict, the country became a sovereign state in 2002. […]
Periods Don’t Stop During a Pandemic
Periods don’t stop during a pandemic, and for millions of women and girls the challenge to privately and safely manage menstruation was already an issue. On any single day during this health emergency, 800 million people are menstruating and many are now grappling with the unique challenges of doing so in a global pandemic. On […]
COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY UNLIKE ANYTHING WE’VE EVER SEEN. With mass quarantines and lockdowns, this global pandemic is drastically impacting all of our lives. But the threat it poses to children and families living in vulnerable communities around the world is catastrophic. We know that the easiest way to halt the spread of […]
I Will Stay Here Until Ebola Ends
Today, Salee Manga has time to relax with her companions. The Community Care Centre (CCC) in Foredugu has not received a new case for two days. This is very good news, because a few weeks ago the triage was full of people, and there were 39 patients with suspected Ebola in the CCC. It is […]
Ebola Fallout: Orphans Struggle to Restart School in Liberia
New cases maybe on the decline, but the fallout from the deadly virus persists. For Ebola orphans, returning to school remains a pipedream. Although schools may have re-opened in Liberia following months of closure, for children left orphaned by Ebola, this is largely irrelevant. Most of these children now live with relatives and the lack […]
The Permanent Scars of Female Genital Mutilation
Nkatha* is a victim of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Her grandmother, thinking it was the right thing to do, helped facilitate Nkatha to undergo the ‘cut’ at the tender age of nine to fulfil a cultural norm. Nkatha only vaguely remembers the finer details but she can recall when a female visitor arrived at her […]
