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Direct Relief — COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa

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Organization Name 
Direct Relief
Award Date 
10/2020
Grant Amount 
$275,000
Purpose 
To support the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa.
Topic (focus area) 
Global Health & Development

Grant Investigator: Jacob Trefethen

This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Direct Relief staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $275,000 to Direct Relief to support the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa’s work distributing personal protective equipment to community health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This falls within our work on global health and development.