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Table 4 SF’s COVID-19 response: activities related to social support

From: Lessons learned from pandemic response to COVID-19 in Bangladesh: NGO-based emergency response framework for low- and middle-income countries

Social Support

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Market Linkage

 Connecting 1800 rural farmers to the local market amidst COVID-19

April 2020

June 2020

 Food Pack Distribution

 Distribution of food packages to 78,468 vulnerable households

May 2020

-

 Food aid to 24,490 garment workers

June 2020

-

Financial Support

 SF staff donated one day’s worth of salary to the Prime Minister’s COVID-19 fund

April 2020

-

 Rescheduled Loan Schemes: the microfinance programme introduced a flexible repayment options and waiver of service charges

October 2020

September 2022

Promoting Sustainable Health and nutrition Opportunities for Marginalized urban extreme poor population (Proshomon – Mitigation) provided BDTa 2000 (once) grant to 14,317 beneficiary families living in slums

December 2020

-

 ILUEP* Project Grant Distributed to 3,548 beneficiaries

July 2020

October 2020

Education Support

Improving Lives of Orphan Children in Destitute (ILOD) provided 100 children education through phone calls

March 2020

February 2021

  1. a1 USD = 86.4 BDT (exchange rate at the time of the study)
  2.  * ILUEP - Improving Livelihood for Urban Extreme Poor