There are many things we take for granted in the U.S.Tonight's Brief But Spectacular features Gertrude Kabwazi, the country director for a nonprofitthat is working to help people deal with COVID-19 and break the cycle of poverty in Malawi.I am in Malawi, which is situated in the southern part of Africa.The poverty levels in this country are very high. Almost 52 percent of the population is living under a dollar a day.These people are suffering more with COVID-19 because they are communities that were already struggling.I work for an organization called Yamba Malawi.Our mission is to uplift the lives of vulnerable children by empowering communities to break the cycle of poverty.Having grown in the village myself, I understand the challenges that people in the rural communities face every single day.Malawi was very late to recognize COVID cases, simply because we didn't have the facilities to test,but also because many people in Malawi do not have access to information.It was very difficult for those people who are in remote areas to understand what COVID is,but even what to do when they're infected. Nine out of 10 households do not have soap.And most of the community members do not have access to running water, clean water.
