PROCMURA’S Intervention in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

(PROCMURA is the Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations In Africa)

PROCMURA has been actively involved during the pandemic to bring support and relief to communities. The focus of its support has been an area of Nairobi, but PROCMURA staff have also been involved in church based relief and support in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Togo and Liberia

In Kamukunji Nairobi, PROCMURA firstly distributed food items to pre-identified families from the community. In order to respect the directives of social distancing, the distribution was done outdoor where fifty (50) beneficiaries received the food package at the shauri Moyo Baptist compound, while the rest of the families received their food privately in their houses. PROCMURA was assisted by the leaders of the Kamukunji Community Peace Network (composed of Christians and Muslims) in the distribution.

The second activity was the installation of drums for washing of hands. The drums serve as sanitation points. Six (6) washing hands points were installed, accompanied with gallons of sanitizers/soap, in strategic areas within the community, with various community groups, tasked to continuously fill the drums with water and sensitize community members to wash their hands frequently. Awareness raising messages were scripted on the drums, in addition to the messages on fliers, stickers, bags, and t-shirts in a bid to increase knowledge about the pandemic.

The final intervention targeted children and was dubbed “LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND”. Children from the ages of three years old were happy to finally have face masks to wear. Five thousand (5,000) washable face masks were handed over to the Kamukunji community peace network to share among the children in the community.

Read more and see pictures of their all of their activities in the full report here