How are civil society organizations responding to COVID-19’s impacts on informal settlements? In Latin America, civil society organizations have developed a repertoire of collective action, seeking to provide immediate and medium-term responses to the emergency. This paper aims to map these initiatives and identify strategic approaches to tackle the issues, given the strengths of those undertaking the initiative, and the scope, purpose and sphere of intervention. Using direct contact, a survey, and a virtual ethnography with social organizations has allowed us to identify and characterize the initiatives. The repertoire focuses on emergency measures around food security, and pedagogies for prevention, sanitation and income relief at the neighbourhood and district levels. We argue that the civil society response repertoire is diverse in form and resources but limited in scope; meanwhile the urgency of the situation and the mismatch with state action mean that crucial spheres of informality, vital to cultivating grounds for a healthy recovery phase, are being neglected.

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绘制拉丁美洲城市非正式定居点中面对COVID-19大流行的集体行动汇辑

民间社会组织如何应对COVID-19对非正式住区的影响？在拉丁美洲，民间社会组织制定了一系列的集体行动清单，力求对紧急情况提供立即和中期的响应。本文旨在概述这些举措，并根据采取举措的人员的优势以及干预的范围，目的和范围，确定解决这些问题的战略方法。通过与社会组织的直接联系，调查和虚拟民族志，我们可以识别和描述这些举措。剧目集中在围绕粮食安全的紧急措施，以及在邻里和地区一级预防，卫生和收入减少的教学法。我们认为，民间社会的应对方式在形式和资源上各不相同，但范围有限。同时，局势的紧迫性和与国家行动的不匹配意味着忽视了非正式的关键领域，这对于为健康的恢复阶段奠定基础至关重要。