26.01.2021
Faced with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Redemptoris Missio Humanitarian Aid Foundation adapted and expanded the Holy Family Children Centre and the adjacent health centre in Kithatu, Meru County, Kenya. The aim of the project implemented there in 2020 was to help protect the facilities’ patients and staff from infection.
Like the rest of the world, Kenya is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Fighting the virus on the African continent is particularly difficult. Health services are underfunded and lack basic equipment as well as qualified personnel. Following basic hygiene rules vital for COVID-19 prevention is a challenge, too. Access to clean water, bathrooms, toilets, disinfectants, and personal hygiene products is scarce. It is also difficult to keep social distance and respect the movement ban while most of the society earn their living through jobs that require movement and intensive people-to-people contacts (such as selling products