On April 13, 2020, the staff of NGO “Sana Sezim”, with the support of the IOM of the UN Agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway, provided humanitarian assistance (food, hygiene products for newborns) to 72 citizens of the Republic of Moldova. All fell into the category of vulnerable migrants due to the state of emergency due to COVID-19, being in the city of Shymkent, which was quarantined until April 30, 2020.

All of them previously worked in different cities of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Several families at the time of the exacerbation of the situation in connection with the pandemic in Almaty and Nur-Sultan arrived in Shymkent in the hope of continuing their work in Kazakhstan, but were in a difficult life situation, as Shymkent is quarantined. The above citizens are not able to work, have financial difficulties, and live in rented apartments with large families in which there are small children. Having received food baskets, all citizens of Moldova expressed their gratitude to the organization NGO “Sana Sezim”, IOM of the UN Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway.