Resilient livelihoods during COVID-19: photo gallery

This photo gallery highlights the main livelihood activities carried out by communities during COVID-19. These activities provided their main source of income and somewhat helped them build resilience during the pandemic.

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Part of the COVID Relief Archive for Lessons on urban Social Protection

The photos below were captured in the Harare settlements of Tafara and Hopley in October and November 2022.

The images show how people continued their livelihoods during COVID-19, from recycling and running food stalls to carpentry.

Also shown are photos from focus group discussions during the pandemic.

Group of women sitting on the gournd and looking to the left.

Woman putting her hands together in a crowd.

Click on the images to expand them and then scroll through them (All photos: KnowYourCityTV Zimbabwe)

Coronavirus COVID relief lessons on urban social protection Harare Zimbabwe

Resilient livelihoods during COVID-19: photo gallery

Further reading

COVID Relief Archive for Lessons on urban Social Protection (CORALS)

Understanding the long-term social and economic impacts of COVID-19 in low income urban communities

Building resilience in informal settlements: community participation in the distribution of state and non-state relief in Harare during the COVID-19 pandemic

Beneficiary targeting during the COVID-19: getting social protection to the most vulnerable