Tiruwork, 50, is a mother of seven children and a grandson who lives in Adama town, in the Oromia Regional state. Tiruwork’s family is one of the several families whose lives and livelihoods has been upset by the Coronavirus pandemic in the area. As a result, the family was selected as one of the cash beneficiaries Save the Children supports with its cash assistance project for households impacted by COVID-19 through funding from USAID.
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Mariem, 46, is a mother of two children who had lost her first daughter a long time ago. She currently lives with her 14- year-s old son Obsa, her granddaughter Meseret and her four-year-old son Eyob in a small house in Diredawa town.