Caring Interventions for the Most Vulnerable Populations in Economically Disadvantaged Areas during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic by Non-Governmental Organizations in Kenya

Solymári, Daniel; Kairu, Edward; Czirják, Ráhel; Tarrósy, István

doi:10.3390/socsci12050284

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Caring Interventions for the Most Vulnerable Populations in Economically Disadvantaged Areas during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic by Non-Governmental Organizations in Kenya

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Daniel Solymári

^1,2,

Edward Kairu

³,

Ráhel Czirják

^2,4 and

István Tarrósy

^5,*

¹

Political Science Doctoral Programme, Interdisciplinary Doctoral School, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Pécs, 7622 Pécs, Hungary

²

Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta, 1011 Budapest, Hungary

³

ETC Consulting Limited, Nairobi 00100, Kenya

⁴

Earth Sciences Doctoral School, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, 7622 Pécs, Hungary

⁵

Department of Political Science and International Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Pécs, 7622 Pécs, Hungary

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Soc. Sci. 2023, 12(5), 284; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050284

Submission received: 27 February 2023 / Revised: 1 May 2023 / Accepted: 2 May 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023

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This paper deals with COVID-19-hit Kenyan slums and the numerous interventions civil society organizations implemented during the first waves of the pandemic since it was initially detected in March 2020. As part of a comprehensive project using mixed methodology, including desk research and key informant interviews, community-based organizations and non-governmental organizations, together with other stakeholders of their collaborative networks, were investigated regarding the roles that they played, the projects they carried out, and the interventions they were involved in in the mitigation of the negative impacts of COVID-19. This paper investigates how COVID-19 actually hit Kenyan slums and how it affected civil society organizations during the pandemic.

Keywords: Kenya; urban slums; COVID-19; CBOs; NGOs; development

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Solymári, D.; Kairu, E.; Czirják, R.; Tarrósy, I. Caring Interventions for the Most Vulnerable Populations in Economically Disadvantaged Areas during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic by Non-Governmental Organizations in Kenya. Soc. Sci. 2023, 12, 284. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050284

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Solymári D, Kairu E, Czirják R, Tarrósy I. Caring Interventions for the Most Vulnerable Populations in Economically Disadvantaged Areas during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic by Non-Governmental Organizations in Kenya. Social Sciences. 2023; 12(5):284. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050284

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Solymári, Daniel, Edward Kairu, Ráhel Czirják, and István Tarrósy. 2023. "Caring Interventions for the Most Vulnerable Populations in Economically Disadvantaged Areas during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic by Non-Governmental Organizations in Kenya" Social Sciences 12, no. 5: 284. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050284

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Solymári, D., Kairu, E., Czirják, R., & Tarrósy, I. (2023). Caring Interventions for the Most Vulnerable Populations in Economically Disadvantaged Areas during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic by Non-Governmental Organizations in Kenya. Social Sciences, 12(5), 284. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050284

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