What do you do when you live in extreme poverty and are ordered to shelter in place? You get frantic, and for good reason.

"People are in a panic," says Duke Ivn Amin. "They have few food reserves, and since they are no longer allowed to go out and work, their supplies are quickly running out." Amin is the emergency response team leader for Jago Nari, an Oxfam partner organization in southern Bangladesh.

Jago Nari has worked closely with Oxfam for three years to strengthen its understanding of humanitarian work and to build its capacity as an organization. Now, they can launch rapid emergency responses.

It's your support as a member of the Oxfam community that makes this work possible. Thanks to you, we're able to work with local organizations like Jago Nari over the long haul, so that when a disaster like the coronavirus hits, they can power their own emergency response, tailored to their local needs.

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As a local organization, Jago Nari has a finger on the pulse of what's happening in the local communities; when the coronavirus crisis emerged, Jago Nari noticed that youth organizations were engaging immediately in the response.

Since the youth groups lacked experience, coordination, and proper safety protocols, Jago Nari invited them to help form a new organization: the Coastal Youth Network. Together, they have been disseminating public health information, going door to door distributing face masks and leaflets. They hope to reach 35,000 people.

As the wealthy countries of the world stagger under the weight of the coronavirus emergency, Amin asks, "What will happen to us in Bangladesh?"

"This is the biggest crisis our country has faced since the war of liberation," he says. But thinking back to the war gives him a measure of hope. "Back then," he says, "everyone came forward to do what they could. That's what we need now, and I think it will happen."

Thanks to the dedication of the Oxfam community, we are mobilizing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to save lives in vulnerable communities around the world. Working closely with our local partner organizations, we are delivering clean water, sanitation, and public health promotion programs; supporting food security; and getting cash to many of those in greatest need.

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