Eimear Lynch In Sierra Leone, as the Coronavirus slowly takes hold, Trócaire Programme Manager Eimear Lynch explains there is trepidation over what may come, yet there is vast experience from...
Mona Shawa lives in Gaza, working to defend women’s rights. In this guest blog she describes the challenges for women living under occupation and blockade, who are now facing the threat of COVID-19,...
East Africa was emerging from a raging famine in the last 2 years, with countries such as Sudan and DRC emerging from war and the Ebola Crisis. Other Southern African countries such as Zimbabwe and...
The ripple effect of COVID-19 on economic activities, livelihoods and food security in East Africa and the Great Lakes COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11...
Priya Joshi Having emergency plans in place has helped us to respond quickly to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone. We have supported basic hygiene, humane quarantine facilities, and provided information on...
Never before has the entire world faced a crisis at the scale of the Coronavirus. Countries must work together to defeat the virus – as Dr. Mike Ryan from the World Health Organisation has said,...
Jenny Cornally 10 April 2020 Honduras has the highest number of cases in Central America so we are preparing for the worst. For a country of 9 million people, there are only 20 ventilators in the...
Alison Heron From Beirut under lockdown, Alison Heron reports on the challenges of responding to COVID in Lebanon and Syria The streets of Beirut are silent. I can have my doors and windows open all...
Executive Summary “As I know, rape survivors don't seek help as they feel unacceptable in the community” IDP woman, Belet Hawa district in an individual interview The rapid assessment findings...
Ian Dolan From Kampala under lockdown, Ian Dolan reports on how we respond to the unprecedented challenge of the virus outbreak. Here in Uganda there is a lot of fear and a lot of uncertainty around...