Katie McGinnis, MPH’17: Caring for orphans during COVID-19

Katie McGinnis with the children she serves through Family Legacy
Katie McGinnis with the children she serves through Family Legacy

Katie McGinnis is the director of psychosocial service for Family Legacy, a large nonprofit that serves 15,000 orphaned and vulnerable children in Zambia. Her team is providing developmentally appropriate COVID-19 disease education resources and have even left their own families to move into the residential care facility for the duration of their lockdown (at least three months) to provide counseling and psychosocial services to the 650 children who live full-time at the facility.

Learn more about Family Legacy.