OUR CORRESPONDENT
J ACOBABAD During the period of the lockdown, the COVID-19 emergency situation is affecting adverse effects on the lives and livelihood of the people, especially more vulnerable families are facing more challenges and issues due to this emergency. In response, especially community institutions are taking responsibility. They are performing their work in providing food items, organizing awareness-raising sessions, coordination, and engagement and support govt. initiatives and facilitate needy families in Ehsas emergency Cash Program registration. There are key achievements. Community Institutions’ food drive as selfinitiative w as continued and distributed food items to destitute families of K a mb e r – S h a nd a d ko t, Larkana, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Shikarpur, Mirpurkhas, KashmoreKandhkot and Ghotki Districts. Sindh Rural Support Organization Teams and Community Institutions facilitated needy community members in Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme and total 610 families were registered in District Sanghar and Mirpurkhas districts. Mr. Muhammad Dital Kalhoro, the CEO, SRSO Sukkur, said that SRSO Teams and Community Institutions are facilitating to needy households in Ehass Emergency Cash Programme and to date total of 2368 families were registered only 3 districts Thatta, Khairpur and Mirpurkhas and teams are working in 14 districts of Sindh and SRSO has data of destitute families and through LSOs SRSO has given training at least 0.3 million women regarding aw areness of Coronavirus and precautionary measures to avoid contacting deadly virus and in this connection distribution of ration, face masks, and other programs are continued in 14 districts of Sindh to help the destitute families in the lock-down. The worthy Deputy Commissioner Jacobabad and Rangers head along with nominated resource persons of SRSO are distributing ration bags among needy persons in various wards’ in city Jacobabad. Besides, Food Drive was continued for the poorest households during the COVID-19 emergency by a Community Institution of District Kashmore.
