The Australian Humanitarian Partnership’s Australian NGOs and local partners are responding globally to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we continue multi-year humanitarian response efforts in places like Iraq, Bangladesh and in support of the Syrian Refugee Crisis, our partners have incorporated COVID-19 preparation efforts into response programs.

Across the Pacific and Timor-Leste, our Disaster READY country programs are focused on COVID-19 preparedness work, putting into action the networks and community-based disaster risk management strengthening efforts of recent years. With a focus on alignment with national government responses, Disaster READY teams are working hard to reach communities with health and hygiene information and support.  Our COVID-19 Pacific response extends beyond Disaster READY countries to include Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu (see video to the right).

Resources shared here have been developed by our AHP partners that are informing COVID-19 activities across our humanitarian responses and Disaster READY activities.

The global COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to have a profound impact on the Pacific region. Australian Humanitarian Partnership NGOs and their Pacifi...
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'We don’t do a lot for them specifically': is COVID-19 cash assistance reaching people with diverse SOGIESC?
'We don’t do a lot for them specifically': is COVID-19 cash assistance reaching people with diverse SOGIESC?

Report

Targeting vaccine hesitancy in Papua New Guinea
Targeting vaccine hesitancy in Papua New Guinea

AHP partners in Papua New Guinea have focused COVID-19 response efforts on support for the national vaccine roll-out and combating widespread mis-information in relation to COVID-19 and the vaccines.

COVID-19 achievements: a synthesis of results from DFAT's global and regional civil society mechanisms
COVID-19 achievements: a synthesis of results from DFAT's global and regional civil society mechanisms

Report
Pacific aftershocks: unmasking the impact of COVID-19 on lives and livelihoods in the Pacific and Timor-Leste

Research report

Double hardship: protecting conflict-affected children in the age of COVID-19
Double hardship: protecting conflict-affected children in the age of COVID-19

Research report

Raising Awareness: COVID-19 IEC materials (Tok Pisin), Papua New Guinea
Raising Awareness: COVID-19 IEC materials (Tok Pisin), Papua New Guinea

AHP COVID-19 Response, Papua New Guinea: Tok Pisin poster series.

Halting Lives 2: the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of girls and young women
Halting Lives 2: the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of girls and young women

Plan International research report.

It's important to find support during these tough times
It's important to find support during these tough times

AHP COVID-19 campaign, Papua New Guinea (video).

Keeping everyone safe in PNG during COVID-19
Keeping everyone safe in PNG during COVID-19

AHP: COVID-19 campaign, Papua New Guinea (video).

Taking care of each other during COVID-19
Taking care of each other during COVID-19

AHP: COVID-19 campaign, Papua New Guinea (video).

AHP COVID-19 Field Updates

Field Stories
Rohingya children studying on, despite displacement and the pandemic
Myanmar, Rohingya, Education, COVID-19
Rohingya children studying on, despite displacement and the pandemic
Myanmar, Rohingya, Education, COVID-19

For students living in Myanmar’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, access to temporary learning centres has been a lifeline. Students are enthusiastically back in the classroom after COVID-19 closed the centres for more than a year.

Myanmar, Rohingya, Education, COVID-19
Clear information important when encouraging COVID-19 vaccine uptake in PNG
COVID-19, Papua New Guinea, World Vision
Clear information important when encouraging COVID-19 vaccine uptake in PNG
COVID-19, Papua New Guinea, World Vision

With COVID-19 vaccine mis-information reaching some of the remotest communities in PNG at a rapid pace, AHP partners are working hard to support greater vaccine uptake by building trust and sharing facts.

COVID-19, Papua New Guinea, World Vision
Protecting Kiribati’s youngest citizens with handwashing lessons
Kiribati, WASH, COVID-19
Protecting Kiribati’s youngest citizens with handwashing lessons
Kiribati, WASH, COVID-19

In Kiribati, training for preschool teachers, alongside new handwashing facilities, is instilling good hygiene practices in some of the country’s youngest citizens.

Kiribati, WASH, COVID-19
Seeding resilience against uncertainty in PNG’s South Fly
Papua New Guinea, Food Security, COVID-19
Seeding resilience against uncertainty in PNG’s South Fly
Papua New Guinea, Food Security, COVID-19

In Papua New Guinea’s Western Province, COVID-19 outbreaks have impacted the ability of rural communities to travel to town. Through the AHP COVID-19 response, new agricultural methods are supporting food security and resilience in hard-to-reach communities.

Papua New Guinea, Food Security, COVID-19
Women take the lead on COVID-19 communications in PNG and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
COVID-19
Women take the lead on COVID-19 communications in PNG and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
COVID-19

The Meri Gat Pawa, Meri Gat Infomesen (Women have Power, Women have Information) partnership is one aspect of the AHP COVID-19 response in PNG and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. Read how these women are working with Digicel to get COVID-19 information out to as many people as possible.

COVID-19
Fighting fake news on vaccines in Papua New Guinea
COVID-19
Fighting fake news on vaccines in Papua New Guinea
COVID-19

COVID-19 vaccine resistance in Papua New Guinea is strong, with social media playing a role. AHP partners are tacking mis-information and fake news on a number of levels, including a digital campaign on Facebook.

COVID-19
Patience and time needed to combat vaccine hesitancy in Papua New Guinea
COVID-19
Patience and time needed to combat vaccine hesitancy in Papua New Guinea
COVID-19

Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) NGOs have been supporting the COVID-19 response in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since the pandemic was declared in 2020, but are now focusing on supporting the vaccine roll-out and combatting mis-information. This field story looks at the work being undertaken by CAN DO and ABC International Development.

COVID-19
Eating green and clean from home gardens during Fiji’s second COVID-19 wave
COVID-19, Fiji
Eating green and clean from home gardens during Fiji’s second COVID-19 wave
COVID-19, Fiji

Many communities in Fiji have been hit hard by the economic fallout of COVID-19, and the second wave of cases in 2021 also restricted access to food and markets. With AHP support, Nabulini village has successfully grown their own vegetables, keeping healthy food on the menu during lockdowns.

COVID-19, Fiji
Delivering COVID-safe education to Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Bangladesh, Education, Rohingya, COVID-19
Delivering COVID-safe education to Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Bangladesh, Education, Rohingya, COVID-19

For Rohingya children living in camps in Bangladesh, learning centres provide vital social connection and access to education. But with COVID-19, they have been closed. AHP partners have adapted to provide caregiver-led education opportunities so children don’t miss out.

Bangladesh, Education, Rohingya, COVID-19
Remote learning without the tech in Myanmar’s IDP camps
Rohingya, Myanmar, Education, COVID-19
Remote learning without the tech in Myanmar’s IDP camps
Rohingya, Myanmar, Education, COVID-19

With schools and learning centres closed for nearly a full academic year due to COVID-19, AHP partners have supported home-based learning in Myanmar’s IDP camps.

Rohingya, Myanmar, Education, COVID-19

AHP COVID-19 Updates