Where To Get Help

COVID-19 Response, An update from Executive Director Sita Helms.

The entire Helping Hand Worldwide staff and volunteers are working on the front lines serving our most vulnerable communities by continuing to provide nutritional assistance in a revised mode during the pandemic. We are taking every precaution to maintain strict hygiene protocols and social distancing during every phase of our operations. We secured masks, gloves and sanitizer to bolster our existing health and safety measures. As an essential hunger-relief organization we have remained operational since the start of the pandemic in early March 2020, when we quickly and innovatively adapted our programs. The next six months are critical, with widespread concerns about a wave of evictions that will start once local, state, and federal protections expire. HHWW plans to remain consistent and continue to collaborate with our partners to provide food for the low-income communities battling the virus, fatigue and financial challenges.

Most vulnerable, health compromised, food-insecure

• The nonprofit community is being asked to mitigate these issues while facing increased demand for services, decreased revenue, and increased costs to provide more basic needs supplies, remote services or increased safety measures.
• Nonprofits have responded with a positive spirit of innovation, reconfiguring services and events to remote delivery when possible, or instituting social distancing and safety measures for in-person services. 75% of organizations are now offering services online, and 48% reported increasing the amount of services they provide.
• The work of nonprofits and philanthropy has done so much to mitigate the disaster of the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The next six months are just as critical, and a continued response that focuses on relief, recovery, and long-term resilience will help our residents and nonprofits. Working together through the fatigue and financial challenges to craft a continued response will show the path to stronger, more resilient communities and institutions.
• Job losses and economic slowdowns have had a larger impact on lower income families, communities of color, and immigrants. There are widespread concerns about a wave of evictions that will start once local, state, and federal protections expire.
• There is a dramatic increase in demand for the social safety net – food
• During this unprecedented time, we remain committed to making sure no-one goes hungry. As the situation continues to evolve, we are tailoring our response to meet growing needs within our local communities.

If you are in need of food at this time, please contact us at sitahhww@gmail.com

Or call our office at (949) 230-7318.

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You can also call us at 949-230-7318