As at 12 April. Kenya has 197 confirmed cases and 8 deaths from the novel coronavirus (source: Ministry of Health).

Over the last two weeks, Muungano members have been involved in a wide range of activities in their settlements, aiming to prepare Kenya’s slums and their residents for the rapidly approaching Covid 19 pandemic.

This photoblog captures a some of the work going on — we hope to provide regular updates as the situation unfolds.

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Setting up hand washing stations and providing santizer

Awareness raising in settlements and online

Producing/disseminating public health information posters and banners

Creating personal protective equipment (PPE)

Documenting the situation in their neighbourhoods

Behind the scenes, Muungano leaders and support professionals are also busy. Some of the things they are doing are: collecting data monitoring the situation in Nairobi, Kisumu and Nakuru; using Muungano’s settlement profiles to help identify locations for isolation centres in settlements; and working with other agencies including the Ministry of Health, Nairobi County, UN Habitat, SDI federations and global secretariat, Plan International and Concern — among many others.