© UNHCR/Alassane Guindo


©UNHCR/Yousef Alhariri


UNHCR/Alassane Guindo


Faces of the pandemic:


Liesse is a married mother of five who fled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda in 2015. She was trained in tailoring at a UNHCR-funded community centre in Kampala. After completing a six-month course, she rented a small tailoring shop near her home — and the business thrived. But then the COVID-19 pandemic reached Uganda, and the government enforced a countrywide lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. Liesse is now producing non-medical, washable masks out of African fabric Kitenge and hopes to produce 50 masks a day.


Marwan, a Syrian refugee, holds the LEGO® prototype robot he helped design at the Innovation Lab in Za’atari Camp in Jordan. It automatically dispenses hand sanitizer so people don’t have to touch the bottle – reducing the spread of COVID-19.


In Mali, internally displaced children receive solar- powered radios and school kits from UNHCR to help facilitate distance learning while schools remain closed during the pandemic. The children learn by listening to programs broadcast over the radio, allowing thousands of children to access education.


Key items delivered by UNHCR:


SYRIA:


• Impacted more than 467,000 people through community outreach teams by promoting soap distribution and effective hygiene practices.


BANGLADESH: • Manage two COVID-19 treatment facilities.


• Support an intensive care unit in the main district hospital in Cox’s Bazar.


• Trained 280 health staff on infection prevention and control.


250 metric tons of PPE and medical items


$50 million COVID-19 related cash assistance


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