Thursday, October 7, 2021

Africa. COVID-19 crisis

 HEALTH
Environmental Rescue Initiative Empowers Trained Traditional Midwives in Harrisburg Township to Ensure Covid-19 Vaccine Equity in Rural Communities
Frontpage Africa
As part of efforts to ensure equity in the rollup of the COVID-19 vaccine, about 60 Trained Traditional Midwives in Harrisburg Township have been trained by the Environmental Rescue Initiative to provide the much-needed information...Read more>>

SMEs get Covid resilience funding
New Era
To assist entrepreneurs recovering from Covid-19, SMEs Compete provided an opportunity to 20 small business owners to pitch their products to a panel of adjudicators for possible funding.
One of the participants, Didi Skeyer...Read more>>

Helping Hand Fund. $500,000 commitment to offer relief to renters facing eviction

 
In response to the recent end to the CDC eviction moratorium Operation HOPE, the nation's largest non-profit dedicated to financial empowerment for underserved communities, has announced the launch of its Helping Hand Fund. The Helping Hand Fund is comprised an initial $500,000 commitment to offer relief to renters facing eviction as a result of the impact of COVID-19 and its associated economic hardship.