Past response · 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic
When COVID-19 reached the Eastern DRC, coffee washing stations were among the few places where large numbers of people still gathered daily. On the Ground moved quickly to make them safer.
A $3,000 rapid deployment placed 45 handwashing stations with the Sopacdi, Muungano, and Amka cooperatives, reaching thousands of farmers, sorters, and washing-station workers during harvest.
The same infrastructure and community-education habits built during this response were reactivated for the region's later outbreaks — including the 2026 Ebola response.
The situation
- Handwashing stations deployed
- 45
- Total cost of the rapid response
- $3,000
- Cooperatives reached: Sopacdi, Muungano, Amka
- 3
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