Last week we posted a blog that outlined our response to COVID-19 in Tsipasi. We had to act quickly as the community doesn’t have access to electricity and because of that, weren’t receiving information directly about COVID-19 and its spread in Ghana. The community in Tsipasi is very vulnerable to outbreaks such as COVID-19 and we worked quickly to disseminate information.
We are pleased to report that due to the incredible work by our team on the ground, on Friday, March 27th we held twelve community meetings.
Over 800 community members came to our COVID-19 informational sessions! To disperse the crowd we had six staging locations on the TMP Academy grounds and six more locations spread out throughout the village. During each session we had a nurse from the Ghana Health Service in our District demonstrate proper hand washing technique while answering questions. The training was followed by distribution of literature and hand sanitizer.
Thanks to the quick actions taken by our team on the ground, TMP was able to secure over 600 bottles of hand sanitizer that we were then able to distribute to the community. As you can imagine, these supplies are difficult to obtain and we were fortunate to partner with a distillery in Accra who had converted their operations to begin making hand sanitizer.
Beyond the training and ongoing information distribution, we also announced to the impacted families that TMP Academy will continue to serve daily meals. We know that our food service is critical to the health and wellbeing of our students and their families. For this reason, even though we were forced to close TMP Academy until this pandemic subsides, we have plans in place to safely continue serving meals.
We want to take a moment and thank our TMP Crew - those who give monthly in support of our work in Tsipasi - as well as those who have already given to support our COVID-19 work! Without the ongoing support of generous people like you, none of this would be possible.
If you’d like to give specifically in support of our COVID-19 response work, click HERE.
If you’d like to join the TMP Crew and give a monthly donation, click HERE.
Stay safe and healthy,
Nick M.