Our ¡ÁNIMO! project in Guatemala has been sharing key messages at the community level about preventing COVID-19, ensuring that more families stay safe during these uncertain times. Staff prioritize home visits with pregnant women and children who are underweight or with moderate or severe acute malnutrition. (Photo by Gesler Castillo/PCI Guatemala)

Groups participating in our Women Empowered (WE)-P.A.C.E. program in Guatemala’s Western Highlands were having difficulty obtaining face masks to protect themselves and their families. With support from our EDUCAMOS and ¡ÁNIMO! projects, PCI staff have been able to manage and coordinate the donation and delivery of masks to these women with the Municipal Women’s Directorates of the municipalities of Santa Cruz Barillas, Chiantla and Cuilco. (Photo by Nataly Larios/PCI Guatemala)

Through ¡ÁNIMO!, an emergency food security project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, PCI Guatemala staff have been supporting local youth groups to produce face masks as a way to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and make an income during these difficult times. (Photo by Gesler Castillo/PCI Guatemala)

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, women and girls face a heightened risk of domestic violence and exploitation. In rural areas of Jharkand, India, PCI is supporting self-help group members to discuss these vulnerabilities with their daughters and neighbors to help prevent violence against women and girls during lockdown. (Photo by PCI/India staff)

AfriScout, PCI’s mobile-app based service, has proven to be a useful platform for distributing important COVID-19 messaging among pastoralists and their families in Kenya and Tanzania. Alerts on how to identify symptoms and practice social distancing are some of the key messages being shared with and among more than 2,800 users. (Photo by PCI/Tanzania staff)

In Nicaragua, with food commodities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Education’s school nutrition program, 1,115 pre- and primary schools now have a three-month supply on hand to feed students. PCI provided all transportation and loading staff with health and safety training on COVID-19 as well as protective gear and handwashing stations. (Photo by PCI/Nicaragua Staff)

Through ¡ÁNIMO!, an emergency food security project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, some of our Women Empowered (WE) groups in Guatemala learned how to produce oyster mushrooms. This activity has proven to be a valuable source of income and fresh, nutritious food for their community. (Photo by Gesler Castillo/PCI Guatemala)

In El Dorado, a small coffee farming community in the mountains of Jinotega, Nicaragua, parents from the Community School Support Group worked with a local doctor to develop a COVID-19 prevention plan. With information and support provided by PCI/Nicaragua, students, teachers and parents learned about the importance of personal hygiene and handwashing as well as scheduling school cleaning days. (Photo by Fidel Ruiz/PCI Nicaragua)

In San Antonio, a neighborhood in the Mixco Municipality of Guatemala, one of our Women Empowered (WE) groups worked with the local community government committee to install a Grocery Collection Center. Their aim is to support at least 200 families who have lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Nataly Larios/PCI Guatemala)

PCI’s USDA-supported school feeding program, EDUCAMOS, is helping to promote reading at home during the COVID-19 pandemic through a free phone application called Bloom Reader. The app contains multiple stories in Spanish and Mayan languages. PCI staff help install Bloom Reader on the phones of Women Empowered (WE) group members and other local parents and teach them how to use the resource with their children at home. (Photo by Nery Sosa/PCI Guatemala)

To keep in touch with patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to provide critical health information in spite of lockdown measures, PCI’s Casa Materna staff created a telemedicine program. Nurses call patients who don’t have access to health services nearby and answer any questions they might have about COVID-19 or other health issues. If needed, they also provide medical consultations over the phone and share important information about disease prevention, prenatal care, breastfeeding and nutrition. (Photo by Nery Sosa/PCI Guatemala)

For almost a decade, PCI has been working to layer social mobilization for health and nutrition outcomes within what is now almost a million women’s self-help groups (SHGs) and related community institutions in Bihar, India. In the first weeks of the coronavirus crisis, SHG members helped to raise awareness about COVID-19 in their communities through rangoli art and other messaging that urged people to wash their hands and stay home. (Photo by PCI/India staff)

Similar to young people around the globe, students at PCI Children’s Home in Mewat, Haryana, are unable to continue their studies during the COVID-19 pandemic. To help curb boredom and relieve stress, staff members held a drawing competition among the boys on messages related to social distancing, handwashing and other COVID-19 prevention practices. (Photo by PCI/India staff)

Before women’s self-help groups and village organizations resume meeting again, PCI’s UMANG project field staff are ensuring members and participants understand COVID-19 safety guidelines through phone-based sessions. During lockdown, field staff have also been conducting remote check-ins with women to better understand how the current pandemic has impacted their day-to-day lives and households. (Photo by PCI/India staff)

To combat feelings of stress caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, boys at PCI Children’s Home in Mewat, Haryana, have been practicing yoga. They say this exercise discipline has helped them to balance their bodies and minds while also improving their focus during these challenging times. (Photo by PCI/India staff)

With training from PCI, JEEViKA self-help group members in Bihar, India, are learning, practicing and promoting safe handwashing techniques to protect their families and communities from the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by PCI/India staff)

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many women and children around the world to miss out on essential health services such as maternal and antenatal care, immunizations and nutrition support. PCI India is working alongside partners on the ground to ensure health workers have the knowledge, resources and support needed to safely continue providing these services in hard-to-reach areas of Bihar. (Photo by PCI/India staff)

Prior to the COVID-19 lockdown, 44 new employers agreed to host interns from PCI’s Ready to Work program. After completing training modules related to financial literacy, interpersonal communication, vocational skills and entrepreneurship, the interns recently started six weeks of job shadowing. Employers include guest houses and lodges, restaurants, hair salons, internet cafes and other local businesses. (Photo by Daniel Watts/PCI Botswana)

PCI/Guatemala’s Nuestra Cosecha project (“Our Harvest” in Spanish), in coordination with the Ministry of Education, has safely distributed 10.45 metric tons (nearly 23,040 pounds) of vegetables and fruits for 3,775 students and their families in 17 communities in the municipalities of Barillas and Santa Eulalia. This local produce serves as an important source of nutrition for vulnerable families during the COVID-19 pandemic, as lockdown measures limit or prevent access to markets, work opportunities and affordable food options. Nuestra Cosecha is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Photo by Nery Sosa/PCI Guatemala)