‘Helped me climb over a mountain of worries’
Harrow Association of Somali Voluntary Organisations (HASVO), established in 2004, is an independent not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting ethnic minority residents and the Somali community. They aim to strengthen the links between all community groups within Harrow.
During the Covid-19 crisis, HASVO supported 772 individual clients during the lockdown, focusing on helping young people and their families and vulnerable adults. Their target group is one of the poorest within Harrow and are within the reported socio-economically marginalised BAME group. These individuals are likely to have chronic conditions which put them at a higher risk of Covid-19 associated mortality.