In partnership with the NGO Açao pela Cidadania, UNESCO in Brazil will provide support in the efforts of identifying vulnerable groups that can benefit from the donations of food and supplies for cleaning and personal hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. These provisions have been collected by this NGO, which has over 40 years of experience in social assistance. The potential target groups that will be benefited by this COVID response project will involve projects supported by UNESCO in Brazil and other people in social vulnerability.
The economic impact caused by this pandemic may be even greater than the health crisis itself. Hundreds of thousands of families living in the large urban areas in Brazil, and who depend on informal or occasional jobs, are totally helpless at this point. With the need to close companies and limit mobility, each passing week many families are, little by little, suffering the crisis in the worst way - that is, without any kind of financial aid for them to survive.
On the one hand, it is very important to respect the rules imposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and local governments. On the other, it is equally important to think about how these communities, which constitute most of the Brazilian population, will survive this period. Many families can survive the coronavirus, but not from starvation.
In this sense, Ação da Cidadania is intensifying its role in the distribution of food across the country and calls on civil society and the private sector to help bring the minimum dignity to these families affected so severely by the serious health crisis that the world is facing.
Learn more:
- How to help Ação Educativa: contato@acaodacidadania.org.br
- UNESCO COVID-19 response - Protect human health and dignity, respect universal values