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Posted on May 7, 2020
By: Kelly Pendergrast, Communications Specialist; Julie Budkowski, Operations Director Translation by Ivan Greco, Research and Implementation Lead (Future of Fish)
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Fernando Jorquera and Luis Solis (right), Chilean open-air market vendors, implement new public health measures in response to COVID-19. Credit: Luis Solis for Future of Fish.
Luis, born and raised in Renca, Chile, is a tireless worker and champion for his community, dedicated to working with small scale producers and businesses to improve food supply chains and access to nutritious food for all Chileans. Over the course of his career in both the private and public sectors, he observed a lack of connection and organization between workers, causing inefficiencies in the food supply system, as well as a growing concern over the declining nutrition, health, and wellbeing of his fellow Chileans. Luis’s passion for finding solutions to these two issues drives the work he does today.
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Posted on April 28, 2020
Hasin Jain, WaterAid director in Bangladesh. Photo courtesy of WaterAid.
Story reprinted with permission of WaterAid
As director in Bangladesh, Hasin Jain oversees WaterAid’s largest and longest-running country program. With the death toll and the number of COVID-19 cases in the country climbing, she answers questions about the situation on the ground and WaterAid’s response.
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Posted on April 10, 2020
Community radio, digital tools, and community mobilization approaches to COVID-19 response
by Danielle Henry
This story originally appeared on Amplio.org on March 27, 2020.
USAID’s Afya Timiza project uses the Amplio Talking Book train and support community health volunteers in Samburu County.
In March, the World Bank’s Community-Driven Development team consulted Amplio senior program manager Ryan Forbes Morris on ideas and communication strategies for a COVID-19 response in remote regions where there may not be internet. Here are some considerations Morris recommends to strengthen outreach, prevent the spread of infection, and address emerging public health issues that may impact vulnerable populations in rural areas.
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