Mitigating the Effects of Covid-19 to protect food security and livelihoods of vulnerable households the proposed intervention aims at: i) providing food security and livelihood support, to the vulnerable urban populations affected by market shocks, through access to some space for home gardening or vertical gardening with vegetable production inputs to produce nutritious vegetables; ii) reducing the health risks of COVID-19 transmission in the markets by promoting adequate measures on sanitation and hygiene through the provision of PPE to market vendors and mobile washing hands facilities; spraying of markets and provision of protective gear; as well as fast tracking of the construction of water infrastructures in the market areas; iii) supporting the food value chain and income generation for vulnerable women traders through cash for restocking their capacities.
In addition to these priority areas, other activities will be integrated to address gender inequalities and the vulnerability of Gender Based Violence (GBV), especially domestic violence that the COVID-19 has deepen.