Tag: Coronavirus Appeal

Coronavirus Appeal tops £15 million as DEC charities use UK donations to help protect the world’s most vulnerable people

Stuart Mitchell

The DEC Coronavirus Appeal has raised £15 million since its launch on 14 July and DEC charities are now starting to use these funds to help people in the world’s most fragile states protect themselves against Coronavirus. Aid being delivered with funding from appeal donations includes: In Yemen, Oxfam will be supplying clean water, handwashing facilities, hygiene kits and public health messaging; Action Against Hunger will be supporting health facilities and a mobile clinic with health services, including identifying and treating malnutrition. In Syria, World Vision will be supporting a…

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DEC launches Coronavirus Appeal to help people in world’s most fragile states fight triple threat posed by pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has launched a Coronavirus Appeal to raise funds to help the most vulnerable communities in the world fleeing from conflict and instability who now face the new deadly threat of Covid-19. The DEC Appeal aims to protect people from the virus in the world’s five most fragile states, plus Afghanistan, the most fragile state in Asia, and the world’s largest refugee camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The UK-wide appeal is being driven by urgent humanitarian need – but also by “good sense”, Alexander Matheou, British…

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