Education Philippines Project #33378

Send 200 Filipino kids to better daycare centers

by Haligi ng Bata, Inc.

Project Report | Apr 19, 2022
Going Beyond Helping Daycare Centers

By HBI | Operations Team

Daycare students of the Cabalitocan Daycare

The past four months have shown that the Daycare Improvement Project has evolved and made room to not only cater to daycare centers in impoverished and far-flung communities in La Union, but to also support other public institutions that cater to poor children. For this period, there are three notable activities as follows:

School Support Program through the Airbnb Community Fund
Amid the initial COVID-19 surge last March 2020, the Philippines stopped in-person classes for all public education students. When schooling finally resumed in October 2020, the Philippine education department’s solution was a blend of remote-learning options: online platforms, educational TV and radio, and printed modules. With Bangladesh re-opening their schools in September 2021, the Philippines remains the only country in the world as of April 2022 to not yet fully resume in-person classroom learning for its public education sector.

In rural and remote areas like La Union, public schools cannot implement online learning methods due to inaccessible and unreliable internet connections. As such, schools have been pushing through via printed student modules. The modules have to be prepared by the teachers for every enrolled student which means that rural public schools with no means to buy their own printers are left behind. Ultimately, it is the students who suffer.

Thus, apart from the implementation of the Community Health and Hygiene Pantry that supported 400 families with complete hygiene kits, medicines, vitamins, and other disinfecting materials, HBI through the support of the Airbnb Community Fund also provided eight (8) public elementary schools in the the municipalities of Bangar, Sudipen, and Luna all in the La Union Province with heavy-duty printers and related consumables (printer ink supplies, bond papers, and other instruction materials) as a way to support students and teachers in their distance modular learning classes. These eight schools are the Sinapangan Elementary School, Luzong Sur Elementary School, Maria Cristina Elementary School, General Prim Elementary School, Tallaoen Elementary School, Ayaoan Elementary School, Suyo Elementary School, and Seng-ngat Elementary School. The combined student population of these schools is approximately 1,200 students who would now benefit from more printed modules that are complete with lesson details and exercises.

It is expected that Philippine schools would begin its gradual re-opening for in-classroom learning by mid-May 2022. Partner teachers in HBI Project Areas mentioned that the face-to-face learning in the time of COVID-19 would be a hybrid learning environment that combines shortened class hours with modular or online distance learning. With that said, even if schools re-open, the provided printers and materials by the Airbnb Community Fund would still be very beneficial to students and teachers.

Community Health Center Support
Through the in-kind donation of Vitamin Angels Philippines (who came to know of HBI through their GlobalGiving Project Page), over 15 community health centers in Metro Manila, Pampanga, and La Union have received supplies of Vitamin A supplementation and dewoming for children ages 0-5 years old. Over 1,500 children are estimated to benefit from this intervention and support. Apart from children's Vitamin A supplements and deworming tablets, the support from Vitamin Angels also enabled HBI to deliver needed Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) tablets to these health centers for dispensing to approximately 1,000 pregnant women. MMS for pregnant women has long been a request by HBI partner community health centers who have been dealing with an increase in tending to pregnant community members.

Continuing Daycare Improvements
The Daycare Improvement Program is staying true to its original aims of improving public daycare centers. For this reporting period, the daycare centers were provided with additional toys, big books, story books, and other educational classroom materials in preparation for the gradual re-opening of public daycare facilities in the Philippines.

Our Heartfelt Thanks
We always save the best - the portion where we thank our donors and advocates - for last. In behalf of all the children, schools, teachers, and parents you have helped through your unsolicited donations, HBI wants to thank you from the bottom of their eternally grateful hearts. These activities would not have been possible without your support. We promise to continue doing our very best work as we move forward to living in the New Normal.

Until our next report!

Airbnb Community Fund: School Support

Airbnb Community Fund Project: School Support

Daycare Support Program

Community Health Care Center Support

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Dec 22, 2021
Happy Holidays in Behalf of the HBI Children

By HBI | Operations Team

Children helped by the Daycare Improvement Project

We at Haligi ng Bata, Inc. (HBI) would like to greet you Happy Holidays in behalf of the La Union and Metro Manila children you have reached through your generous donations.

Your support enabled HBI to reach 300 La Union children who have been provided with hygiene kits, vitamin supplementation, and other health materials that they sorely need in continuing to stay healthy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. During this year, the donation of the Airbnb Community Fund made possible by GlobalGiving provided complete hygiene kits and vitamins to 400 children and their families in indigent areas of Quezon City (Payatas and West Fairview). The fund also aided eight (8) public elementary schools with 1,200 students in La Union with their needed printers and materials to support modular distance education. Because of this, the students' parents no longer have to shell out money to pay for their children's printed modules.

The challenges we faced in 2020 may have spilled over in 2021, but through it all we continue to go against the tide in the hopes that 2022 will be the year where we can all pick up the pieces and rebuild. With your genuine concern and fervent support, HBI will be able to continue giving their very best work in helping marginalized children, families, schools, and communities a fighting chance at a better future.

And as a simple way of saying thank you, we have attached a short video greeting made especially for you - our donors and supporters. Please click this link to watch it.

In behalf of all the Filipino children and families you have helped, we thank you from the bottom of our grateful hearts!

Airbnb Community Fund Project: Hygiene Kits

Greetings from us - https://vimeo.com/652755472

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Holiday Greetings from HBI Philippines!

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Oct 19, 2021
Updates on Typhoon Kompasu & Airbnb Community Fund

By HBI | Operations Team

Community Hygiene Pantry Project funded by Airbnb

Typhoon Kompasu Updates

On October 12, 2021, the Northern Philippines (including the La Union Province where our daycare support project is implemented) endured strong winds and heavy rainfall caused by Typhoon Kompasu. Rivers overflowed, seaside communities and roads were flooded, residents needed to be rescued, and landslide warnings were issued as the typhoon unleashed its wrath on the region. According to the latest government report released, Typhoon Kompasu caused almost 2 Billion Philippine Pesos (roughly US$ 39.5 million) of agricultural damage with more than 60,000 local farmers affected. Casualties are currently at 40 people, but authorities are expecting this number to increase as floodwaters continue to receed and subside.

The HBI Team is in constant communication with the teachers and stakeholders of the Daycare Improvement Project who provided timely updates about their situation during and after the typhoon. Based on their feedback and reports, the daycare centers and children are safe mainly because they are located in upland communities and were not reached by the floods. However, the heavy rains turned roads into rivers, leaving them isolated at the height of the storm.

Given all these, the HBI Team is now working with the local stakeholders about what could be done after the storm. Offhand, HBI through the support of their GlobalGiving donors is planning to provide health care centers in the affected communities with additional supplies that could be used to tend to the projected increase of common illnesses in the communities.

The Airbnb Community Fund

On another note, HBI is deeply honored to be one of the recipients of the Airbnb Community Fund. Through their partnership with GlobalGiving, the Airbnb Community Fund granted HBI with US$ 10,000 that could be used to fund worthwhile projects in response to the immediate needs brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. With this said, the grant is being used to fund two projects: the Community Hygiene Pantry Project in Metro Manila and the Modular Learning Support Program in the La Union Province.

The Community Hygiene Pantry Project provided 400 indigent children from urban poor communities of Payatas and West Fairview, Quezon City with hygiene and health kits. Inside every individual hygiene kit is boxes of face masks, bath soaps, alcohol sanitizers, toothbrushes and toothpastes, and a three-month supply of Vitamin C with Zinc capsules. The distribution of these goods were spearheaded by the HBI Team with the participation and support of local stakeholders consist of parent volunteers and representatives from the local community governments. To avoid overcrowding, HBI assigned the children's parents with an alloted time to receive their children's supplies.

On the other hand, the Modular Learning Support Program will provide eight (8) public elementary schools with a combined total of 1,200 students in the La Union Province with new printers and ink supplies that the teachers can use to continue the implementation of the blended or modular distance learning program for their students.In the Philippines, all public schools are closed and face-to-face learning is suspended as a response to the pandemic. While Filipino children have the option to continue their studies via online learning, in far-flung provinces like La Union, not all households have access to the internet or the resources to buy laptops or smartphones. Because of this, students are continuing their studies through the modular or blended distance learning program wherein schools will produce printed modules and school works that children will use and submit every week.

Through the Airbnb Community Fund, the eight schools identified will be able to continue printing student modules at no additional costs to already cash-strapped students and parents. HBI estimates that each school that would be supported has at least 150 students each. These La Union schools also suffered from the effects of Typhoon Kompasu, and thus the equipment to be provided will go a long way in ensuring that children continue their studies despite the odds. HBI expects to deliver all printers and ink supplies to the eight target schools by November 2021.

Our Heartfelt Thanks

This report is not complete without us offering our deepest gratitude to our donors who had and continue to support this simple project through the years. The achievements we report would not be possible if not for your generosity, kindness, and genuine concern for the plight of impoverished children and their underequipped learning facilities. On behalf of the children, daycare centers, health center, and schools you have helped, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts and we hope that you are well and safe with your loved ones.

Until our next report!

Payatas Residents with hygiene kits

Community Health Pantry Contents

Parent volunteers help facilitate distribution

Typhoon Kompasu's effects in La Union Province

A flooded main road in the Luna Municipality

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