M’sians reconnect with local communities to survive pandemic

Resilient Malaysians are coping with a mixture of community outreach and grassroots innovation.

Although movement restrictions were relaxed about a month ago, lives and livelihoods remain affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The United Nations Development Programme together with the United Nations Children's Fund have organised a competition asking Malaysians to share photos on how the MCO has brought them closer to the communities around them. “The spread of Covid-19 is not just a health crisis. It is a social and economic crisis," said UNDP resident representative for Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam, Niloy Banerjee.Niloy called for families and communities to come together and show the best side of ourselves as human beings via photographs.

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