In the last three months, teams across our nine country programs have been providing safe water and hygiene solutions to slow the spread of COVID-19. As we continue this necessary work, it’s important to share the precautionary measures we’re following to keep communities and staff members safe and healthy. Read more: watermission.org/serving-safe-water/

To date, your support has helped our teams install more than 800 handwashing stations around the world. Vulnerable communities now have access to necessary hygiene solutions to help slow the spread of COVID-19. We are so thankful!

Today and every day, we’re thankful for the opportunity to provide safe water, coronavirus-specific education resources, and handwashing stations in countries with high refugee populations like Uganda and Tanzania. Because of your support and the generosity of the Poul Due Jensen Foundation – Grundfos Foundation, families displaced by war, violence, famine, and natural disasters have…

Since the inception of our COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund, we’ve awarded more than $640,000 to nonprofits all along the coast. So far, the awards over six rounds of grants have been distributed rather evenly across the three regions of CCF’s service area. Learn more about the grants we’ve awarded here: https://bit.ly/2TFIgwy

We’re pleased to announce that CCF’s COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund has received a $100,000 TruistCares grant! Thank you to Trust Financial Corporation for supporting the coastal South Carolina community as we continue to help those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As schools throughout South Carolina transitioned to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, many students who didn’t have adequate internet access at home were left at a disadvantage. To help address this digital divide for Beaufort County School District students, Esther Shaver-Harnett, a CCF donor in Beaufort and founder of E Shaver Bookstore in Savannah,…

The COVID-19 crisis has unfortunately brought record unemployment numbers not seen since the Great Depression. People here in the Lowcountry will be seeking opportunities to improve their well-being…and we are planning to be at the center of it all, helping to answer that critical need. Together, with four other area non-profits, we are creating The…

Although things are still difficult as we continue to navigate this Covid-19 situation, we are choosing to look at things through a positive lens and our limited edition t-shirt is helping us to do that. Our commitment to the birds in our care remains steadfast and even though we miss seeing visitors on our campus…

Unfortunately, several rehabilitation facilities throughout the region have been forced to reduce or completely suspend their treatment services due to the effects of COVID-19, and consequently, our medical clinic is packed with patients from all over the state! In fact, we have already admitted 100 more birds than we did in the first half of…

We are reminding pet owners to care for their fur-babies as they would any other member of their family during this time. Including your pets in good hygiene, and social distancing from others outside of your immediate household is so important in flattening the curve and stopping the spread of COVID-19. We’re in this together,…