[FINAL UPDATE: 19 JULY 2022]
Child sponsorship has made it possible for World Vision to respond almost immediately to the pandemic when it first hit the communities we work in, providing masks, and hygiene kits, educating sponsored children and their families as well as partnering with local authorities to best help the community cope.
As we now move into the new normal and begin our recovery from the pandemic, World Vision continues to educate and support the community, in partnership with local authorities, where appropriate.
After two years, this will be the final COVID-19 update from the communities, as cases continue to decrease, and they adapt to the new normal.
Sponsors may continue to correspond with your sponsored child (it is still recommended to do so via e-letters). Kindly do note that it may still require a longer duration to reach your sponsored child or to receive a reply from them due to ongoing local COVID-19 restrictions and/or postal service delays.
While cases in the country are increasing, the situation remains stable in rural areas, including the Wazirpur community.
Children have returned back to school while still observing the necessary COVID-19 restrictions including sanitization, wearing masks, social distancing and receiving the vaccines. World Vision continues to raise awareness on COVID-19 prevention and provide hygiene kits to families.
Children have also returned to school as COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted in the community and life has returned back to usual for the community members.
World Vision continues to support the community by:
Children have also returned to school as COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted in the community. But locals are still encouraged to adhere to the restrictions such as wearing masks, social distancing and handwashing.
World Vision continues to work to support the community by:
As the community has no COVID-19 cases, children have returned to classes as per usual. The World Vision team continues to support the children by:
Children have returned to school since November 2020 and while there are no reported COVID-19 cases in the community, children continue to adhere to the necessary preventive measures with close supervision from their teachers.
World Vision continues to support the children and community by:
Children have returned back to school as cases have been reduced and restrictions lifted.
In this time of recovery, World Vision continues to help children and families by:
COVID-19 restrictions in the country have lifted and life has returned to normal for children and families. Children have returned back to school and are now on summer vacation after completing their final exams.
World Vision continues to monitor children’s well-being in this time and will also be launching more interventions to empower and equip them with the necessary social and life skills, while creating a safe environment to express their feelings and opinions.
Children have returned to school as restrictions have been lifted with the decline in COVID-19 cases in the community.
World Vision continues to support children and the community by:
Children have returned to school as cases in the country have been significantly decreasing and restrictions across the country have lifted.
World Vision continues to monitor the well-being of children and families in the community and is ready to provide any necessary and immediate support if needed. While the COVID-19 situation in the community remains stable, the increasing costs of goods and services coupled with the economic recession are causing further detriment.
The team is focused on helping children and families through by:
Additionally, as local postal service remains disrupted, delays in receiving of correspondences will continue to be delayed.
COVID-19 restrictions in the community have lifted but children and families continue to wear masks, use sanitisers and adhere to the necessary safety measures when attending events in the community.
Children have also returned to school but are now on holiday. As the community gradually returns to the new normal, World Vision continues to:
Schools are still adopting the distance-learning approach, with children learning from home. As the number of cases continues to decrease, schools are also gradually exploring the resumption of face-to-face classes.
As the community remains under high alert, due to low vaccination rates, World Vision continues to support children and families by:
COVID-19 restrictions in the country have been lifted, yet the community continues to adhere to the necessary preventive measures. While schools can reopen, allowing for hybrid learning for children in certain grades, due to the country’s current economic crisis and fuel shortage, schools have shut again.
In the midst of this, World Vision is supporting the community by:
As the country continues to face the crisis where costs of essential food and non-food items have skyrocketed, there is a shortage of fuel, transportation and essential medication and medical equipment, World Vision plans to continue supporting the community by continuously engaging the most vulnerable families with dry ration packs, educational materials, nutritional cereals and livelihood assistance, among other planned interventions.
Life has returned back to normal and locals are only advised to wear a mask now. Schools have also resumed though children are on summer holidays now.
World Vision continues to provide support for children and the communities by:
Schools have remained open since 24 January 2022 as there are no reported cases within the community.
World Vision continues to support the children and families by:
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