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25 June Jun 2020 1820 7 days ago

Behind the mask, on the frontline to fight COVID-19

Field staff share their experience working with children, pregnant women, refugees, returnees, vulnerable families du...

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24 June Jun 2020 1452 9 days ago

Behind the mask in Rwanda / Agnes Mukantibenda: “It’s time to stay united”

Meet one of the 91 community volunteers engaged in AVSI RWANDA project funded by the European Union to mitigate COVID...

Rwanda
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24 June Jun 2020 0947 9 days ago

Earthquake in Mexico: children supported are fine

AVSI team verify that the classrooms built in 2019 do not present damages. The status of the 100 children who are re...

Mexico
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20 June Jun 2020 0057 13 days ago

Behind the mask in Iraq / Jolar Jarjess, helping farmers during COVID-19

He has been the primary veterinarian working with us to relaunch Qaraqosh and its economic fabric after the Islamic S...

Iraq
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19 June Jun 2020 1218 14 days ago

Behind the mask in Uganda / Jackson Ninkusima, a social worker in Kamwenge refugee camp

Meet the Community Based Trainer who is supporting Graduating to Resilience Activity beneficiaries during COVID-19 lo...

Uganda
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18 June Jun 2020 0945 15 days ago

World Refugee Day. In Mexico, we work with 500 migrants to restore dignity and social inclusion

To protect and promote the rights of migrant children and adolescents,we've launched "Dignified Inclusion,” a project...

Mexico
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17 June Jun 2020 0002 16 days ago

Behind the mask in Ecuador / Ernesto Luque, social worker who distributes food to Venezuelan refugees

The health crisis caused by COVID-19 in Ecuador forced AVSI to change the activities of UNHCR-funded project "Activad...

Ecuador
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15 June Jun 2020 1550 18 days ago

Behind the mask in Mexico / Paula Vásquez cooks for 150 families during COVID-19

Crecemos, one of AVSI partner in Mexico, delivers food to children who usually attend the educational centre. Let's g...

Mexico
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11 June Jun 2020 1525 22 days ago

Behind the mask in Uganda / William Lenga, a boda-boda rider who is saving women’s lives

Meet one of the men involved in the project with UNICEF funding to help 1,464 pregnant women to reach the hospital du...

Uganda
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28 May May 2020 1114 one month ago

Venezuelan family moves to the State of Santa Catarina in Southern Brazil and becomes self-sufficient

Integrated thanks to the project “Welcomed Through Work,” the Rojas are the first beneficiaries to be able to pay for...

Brazil
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21 May May 2020 1759 one month ago

Creativity to Face the Hardships in the COVID-19 Lockdown

Sewing cloth masks becomes a mother’s new way to take care of her children

Uganda
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20 May May 2020 1104 one month ago

Prevention is a Possibility in the Fight Against the Coronavirus in Uganda’s Slums of the Urban Poor

Uganda’s 58 percent of the urban population live in slums, which are characterized by acute poverty, over-crowding, u...

Uganda