Jen Hardy

Associate director for global communications @CatholicRelief & @CRSnews. Email [email protected]. Tweets are my own.

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

@SBengali I've never felt Phnom Penh's lack of open space more acutely than during this indefinite school / restaurant / play space closure. My preschooler is losing it (along with the rest of us)

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

People in the US cannot simply "move on" from #COVID19. We must hold hope & action in tension. As COVID eases at home, people in other countries need treatment & vaccines now. We can do both. We can do better. https://t.co/nlhr3cvfK3 @CatholicRelief #COVID19India

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

US friends, calls first thing in the morning would be fantastic - this hearing is today! #vaccines4nepal

[कशिश दास श्रेष्ठ @kashishds]

Folks in the USA, please make a few calls for Nepal 🙏🏼
#vaccines4nepal

[Southeast Asia Globe @SEA_GLOBE]

The Mekong region was once heralded for controlling the spread of Covid-19. But recent weeks have seen cases explode across #Cambodia, #Thailand and #Laos, leaving #Vietnam on high alert

@AlMcCready1 @GoviSnell & @wanpen_pajai report for the @SEA_GLOBE

https://t.co/emahA90Gf4

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

Teams in #Indonesia also planning a response with partners. Tropical cyclone #Seroja hit an area where @CatholicRelief has ongoing programs.

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

Nearly all @CatholicRelief staff in Dili, #TimorLeste cleaning up their own flooded homes while they determine best way to support response. All under tight COVID-19 restrictions. Remarkable effort by colleagues there.

[ST Foreign Desk @STForeignDesk]

Indonesia, Timor-Leste flood death toll surges past 150 https://t.co/pVscNaVEtz

[WSJ Asia @WSJAsia]

A report says Covid-19 restrictions may have led to a 16% jump in deaths among young children in South Asia last year by disrupting essential services https://t.co/PAXVoWhfCn

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

@LynzyBilling Lynzy, you should connect with Tiffany Tsang (infinitiff or tiff.tsang on Instagram). She's on a contract in Kabul right now and such a fun storyteller/photographer and really kind friend. I love when good people meet good people.

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

@eleanorndunn @nytimes Congratulations and welcome to the region! New adventures and delicious food around every corner.

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

"This is one of the most striking inequities of the modern era...The average American is responsible for 33 times more planet-warming carbon dioxide than the average Bangladeshi." https://t.co/nPPzwIi04L Thanks to @SominiSengupta & Julfikar Ali Manik

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

Update from @CatholicRelief colleagues in Bangladesh: in Khulna, @iamCARITAS Bangladesh staff said that roughly 60% of people who evacuated to shelters last night still can't go home tonight due to broken dykes and flooding. #CyclonAmphan

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

"After #AmphanCyclone passes, we have relief items and shelter kits in nearby warehouses. In the Rohingya refugee camps, the storm will be less severe but even moderate wind and rain could cause significant damage."

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

[1/5]"As #CycloneAmphan nears, we’re getting reports that many, but not all, families in risky houses and low-lying areas are evacuating, even as they worry about COVID-19 transmission." @CatholicRelief's Snigdha Chakraborty in Bangladesh.

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

"People we’ve talked to on the phone are stressed: they’re afraid of the cyclone, afraid of COVID-19 and worried about how they’ll pay for repairs and food in coming days. Most families used their savings when they lost income during lock down."

[Jen Hardy @jenhardy]

Colleagues in Odisha state, India, are reporting downed power lines, toppled trees and initial storm surges from #CycloneAmphan.

[CNN International @cnni]

Cyclone Amphan is scheduled to make landfall Wednesday evening local time near the India-Bangladesh border, which is home to millions of people. https://t.co/h9Zri9JHNg