COVID-19 Relief Efforts

According to an August 2020 article in the periodical Nature, masks, class size, and hygeniene are important, but low community spread is the key factor when determining that schools can reopen safely. Mallapaty, Smriti "How Schools Can Reopen Safely During the Pandemic" Nature 18 August, 2020: 503-504. Conversely, in places where there is ongoing community spread, schools have become sites of major outbreaks. With these concerns in mind, One Pencil collaborated with a team of research scientists and local agencies to proactively provide face masks and other personal protective equipment and conduct educations sessions to inform communities on best practices to stop the spread of the coronavirus.