With more than 1 million people losing their jobs, the economy teetering, schools closing down, and social distancing measures isolating vulnerable populations, hunger is a definite. Formed in the wake of the pandemic by Mmanti Umoh, the Community Stakeholders For Social Good – AKS is influencing community outcomes by redirecting business and supporting stakeholders like …
Under the CS4SG, individuals, corporate organizations, civil groups came together in one voice and effort to create awareness, sensitize and alleviate the deficiencies in the society that would militate against a successful fight of the virus.
To avoid or prevent the same vulnerable group of people from being affected by the next crisis – be it a new outbreak, unexpected increase in commodity prices, or a poor harvest due to unfavorable weather events or pest infestation – the resilience and the capacity of rural people and rural communities to cope with shocks needs to be strengthened.
Although, in fact, the new coronavirus outbreak – as any other epidemic – may equally infect everyone, the most vulnerable have less capacity to cope with the impact of such infection. Poor rural households are less able to reach or afford medical care, and the availability and capacity of health systems in poor remote areas is limited. Moreover, poor rural households have less capacity to cope economically with the consequences of an outbreak.
