NAMATALA SLUM, EASTERN UGANDA: Here in Namatala, most of the active men (who normally work as casual labourers) cannot now earn money on a daily basis to feed their families. Most of the active women have small businesses. But right now, nobody can work and all of the women’s businesses are at a complete standstill. Our IGA mums are using up their hard-earned business capital and savings to keep themselves and their families alive. Hunger and starvation is a far greater danger to our mothers and their children than the virus at this point.
This short video (2.5 minutes) includes interviews from one of our primary pupils, a slum community leader and CoH staff.
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