Isiolo County, Kenya: Local Radio Stations Aid in Creating Awareness on COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence
In Isiolo County, in the former Eastern Province of Kenya, ethnic women are disseminating awareness-related information on C…
Voices from the Frontline
As the COVID-19 pandemic grips the world with unfolding health, economic and social impacts, grassroots communities are developing their own coping mechanisms in the face of the crisis. It is important to capture and document these stories in real time as the world faces up to an even longer term challenge of climate change.
Voices from the Frontline is a joint initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN to support communities across the globe in sharing their stories on the challenges of and the responses to the pandemic and the consequent lockdown. By accumulating and disseminating stories from different communities we hope to build resilience for the vulnerable in future emergencies. Download PDF
Kunni Kharka, Nepal: The Plight of Dalit Communities during an Unprecedented Crisis
In Kunni Kharka, Nepal, a Dalit community is using collective savings and strengthening community bonds to tackle the COVID-…
Southwest Bangladesh: Community Savings Groups Play a Crucial Role during the COVID-19 Crisis
Community savings groups in rural southwest Bangladesh are helping to revive local economies devastated by the double impact…
Kenya: Indigenous women overcome discrimination to lead community COVID-19 responses
In Kenya, indigenous women are tapping into local resources, and undertaking individual and collective initiatives to tackle…
India: Community Women Leaders Extend Support to Migrant Communities during the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the inadequacies in India’s ability to deal systemically with the current crisis, and th…
Kathmandu, Nepal: Innovative Youth-led Initiatives during COVID-19
In Kathmandu, Nepal, youth-led enterprises are developing social and economic resilience to sustain their business activitie…
Goma, Congo: Coping with COVID-19 by Mobilising Local Capacities
In Goma, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a local research organisation conducted a rapid K…
Harare, Zimbabwe – How the Youth are Leading the Way in Tackling COVID-19
In Hatcliffe extension, an informal settlement located in the northern part of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, a group of y…
Solomon Islands: How the Barana Community is Preparing for COVID-19
Until now, the Solomon Islands have not had any COVID-19 cases; but an emergency lockdown declared by the Governor General h…
Dhaka, Bangladesh: How One Woman’s Idea Unleashed the Power of Community Spirit
In Aftabnagar, a rapidly developing residential area in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka, one woman has taken it upon hers…