Community Resilience · Emergency Response
A documented emergency-response initiative providing food and essential support to vulnerable households, older people and persons living with disabilities during Ghana's COVID-19 restrictions.
The story
In April 2020, Ghana's COVID-19 restrictions brought movement, trade and daily economic activity to an abrupt halt. For households dependent on daily income, the public-health emergency quickly became a household emergency.
Food access, mobility and the ability to meet basic needs became immediate concerns, particularly for older people, persons living with disabilities and families already living with limited financial security.
The Kofi Abban Foundation responded by taking food and essential supplies directly into affected communities across Accra, working through religious institutions, local networks and community-based partners so the outreach could reach households quickly and respectfully.
Communities reached
Reported outreach: 8 April 2020, with related visits earlier that week to the Ashaiman Central Mosque, St Maurice Catholic Church in La and Panpa Circle Station in Labadi.
Reported assistance
1,500
bags of rice (reported)
~1,000
cooked-food packs (reported)
Vegetable oil
distributed alongside rice
Priority
older people & persons living with disabilities
Figures require reconciliation against internal Foundation records. Any target of 15,000 households referenced elsewhere is a programme target, not an achieved result.
Founder statement
"With a united purpose, love and sense of solidarity, we will triumph over this pandemic."
— Kofi Amoa-Abban · Reported by MyJoyOnline, 8 April 2020
Collaboration
The response was made possible by Foundation associates, community volunteers, religious institutions, local networks and Uriel Impact Generation. Community-based partners helped identify vulnerable households and coordinate respectful, targeted distribution.
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