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Not on the differences, but on the similarities that unite us. That’s why we ask you during this time of isolation and quarantine:
Where did you see love today? How did you construct a bond? When have you ever experienced compassion?
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Kindness is contagious: sending soap and supplies to eastern Indonesia
The spread of the Covid-19 virus has shut down the world’s most developed cities and stretched their healthcare resources to breaking point. We’ve heard all about it and naturally we’re as panicked as everyone else.
However, because it spreads beyond these cities and into less developed regions, there may be much less health care, less awareness and fewer equipment available. Once the virus gets there, it could possibly ravage villages with none problems.
Over the past two years, the 1000 Days Fund has worked with frontline village health volunteers (kader), bidan (midwives) and sub-district health facilities (Puskasmas) on over 25 islands across Indonesia to put in colourful, easy-to-understand growth charts life-size within the homes of pregnant women and girls with children under two years of age to assist fight dwarfism. The chart is filled with information related to the primary 1000 days of care, but a very powerful thing now’s washing your hands with soap.
The more bars of soap we are able to deliver to health centers in Flores and Komodo, and the faster we get them there, the greater our probabilities of saving lives. We are moving quickly and in constant contact with Puskasmas in Labuan Bajo, and almost a ton of soap has already hit the road. The team there believes that if we get soap to the villages early enough, we are able to keep people healthy and never overwhelm the hospital with cases, resulting in a possible disaster.
We can all contribute to minimizing a possible humanitarian disaster.
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