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When COVID-19 hit, the prices of necessities shot up and were in high demand. For the poorest, many of these necessities were too difficult to afford. That’s why Oxfam distributed food, like rice and vegetables in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China. In countries across the world, we also created work opportunities for people to earn a living and offered tools people needed to get on the path of resilience.

Hong Kong and Macau

 

We distributed rice and masks to people from low-income families through our partner Tung Chung Community Development Alliance.

 

Oxfam quickly transported rice that was packed to partner organisations’ distribution points in various districts, so people from poor households could benefit from the distribution as soon as possible.

 

In Macau, we rescued food and redistributed them to families in need. (Photo: Pui Cheng Lei / Oxfam)

 

Together with our partner, we checked the rescued food meticulously, and threw away the rotten parts of vegetables. (Photo: Pui Cheng Lei / Oxfam)

We launched Give A Meal so poor households could have access to nutrition on a budget.

This is particularly crucial during the pandemic when most are pinching pennies.

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Mainland China

 

Because of COVID-19, schools and community centres in the Mainland were closed. This left many migrant parents with no choice but to leave their children at home while they worked. That is why OHK’s partner organisations trained community volunteers to provide these families with free babysitting services. Through games, reading and such, they accompanied the children in order to reduce the risks they face while home alone. 

 

In Gansu and Lanzhou, we distributed boxes of vegetables and leaflets about hygiene to poor families.

Overseas

 

Bangladesh: To improve access to income and allow households to meet their basic needs, Oxfam is providing local women’s and men’s groups in Cox’s Bazar with equipment and training to produce reusable masks and sanitary napkins. (Photo: Mutasim Billah / Oxfam)
 

 

Ethiopia: Farmers in Ethiopia are not only threatened by COVID, but have also been affected by the recent locust infestation to which they lost much of their crops. Oxfam is responding by providing assistance to 11,000 farming families in the Somali and Oromia regions of south eastern Ethiopia with seeds to grow crops, tools for cultivation, and cash assistance. (Photo: Osman Hussein / Oxfam)
 

 

Syria: Facing war, hunger and COVID, many Syrians struggle to earn an income and have been pushed into extreme survival measures. Aside from humanitarian relief, Oxfam has also delivered chickens, tomato and eggplant seedlings, as well as cucumber and zucchini seeds, to around 2,200 people in Eastern Ghouta. (Photo: Dania Kareh / Oxfam)

 

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