This project works to respond to the threat of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Cambodia and the Philippines, by reducing or preventing local COVID-19 transmission and the disproportionate gender effects of COVID-19 on women and girls at the household, community, and structural level in Cambodia and the Philippines. Project activities include: (1) providing support to individuals, especially women and girls, to gain access and control over the practical resources necessary for their health and well-being during the pandemic, such as personal protective equipment, psychosocial support, food and financial support kits, and materials for menstrual hygiene for those in quarantine or isolation; (2) supporting vulnerable households who have lost their livelihoods, through counseling and mediation assistance to extend loans and delay repayment schedules, as well as provide supports to assist with continuity of farming and fishing, and provide targeted cash transfers and/or nutritional food assistance kits; (3) supporting the continuity of life saving health services, such as sexual reproductive health and rights and gender-based violence services and family care needs; (4) raising public awareness with local partners on matters related to COVID-19, sexual and reproductive health, and gender-based violence via radio, information education and communication materials, social media, SMS blasts and loudspeaker; and (5) building the capacity of institutions to reduce transmission and respond to the gender specific needs of those impacted by the pandemic. This project expects to reach 106,535 people. This project also provides border quarantine support, which contributes to protecting an estimated total population of 3,005,018 people.
