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Community Covid Response

Project Harar is committed to providing comprehensive cleft care to infants and children living in the most remote and rural areas in Ethiopia. During the Covid-19 pandemic we have adapted our work to continue to support families whilst they wait for surgery, which is now available in some of our partner hospitals at a reduced capacity and with new safety measures. 

Background

At the beginning of March, elective surgery in Ethiopia was put on hold due to the Coronavirus meaning we were unable to mobilize babies and children who need treatment for a cleft lip or palate, or complex facial disfigurement. The communities in which we work are some of the most disadvantaged in Ethiopia, there is no access to running water making key Covid prevention strategies such as regular hand washing extremely difficult to maintain. There are also numerous challenges to spreading health messaging in these areas and because of limited health facilities and equipment these are the communities which will be overwhelmed by the virus if measures are not taken to prevent spread.

Our Covid Response Programme is supported by UK Events Industry charity Meeting Needs and NGO Manos Unidas. The main focus of the Programme is disseminating constructive comprehensive health messaging into remote communities and equiping health officials and residents with effective and accessible PPE such as water barrels and soap, so families have the extra facility to wash their hands in their own home.

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Our Cleft Programme During Covid

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Published: 20th October, 2020

Author: Rose Edwards

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Published: 24th August, 2020

Updated: 21st July, 2021

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Water Barrels, Pilot Programme - Oromia

Read about the pilot of our emergency Covid response Programme in the Oromia Region. Read more

Published: 24th June, 2020

Updated: 14th March, 2022

Author: Rose Edwards

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