One for Children
World Vision Newsletter for Corporate Partnerships May 2020
COVER Response Update Since March 15, 2020, World Vision has embarked on a 6-month COVID-19 Emergency Response (COVER) to limit the further spread of COVID-19 and reduce its impact on vulnerable children and families. Implementing with a multisectoral approach, COVER focused on scaling up on promoting preventive measures, supporting the children’s wellbeing, and strengthening the capacity of health systems and healthcare workers. Interventions included distribution of family sanitation kits to affected families, Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and disinfectant kits to Department of Health’s designated COVID-19 referral hospitals, facilities and rural health units. In the next phase of the response, World Vision looked into assisting children and families impacted by the pandemic by providing access to food and livelihood assistance and educational support. Thanks to all the generous donors and corporate partners who helped made this all happen to reach thousands of our fellow Filipino people, especially the children, challenged by this crisis. Thank you for being One with us for Children.
Update as of May 21, 2020
Scaling up preventive measures to limit the spread of COVID-19
26,120
individuals receive sanitation kits
5.7 million
people reached through mass media, face-to-face orientation and distribution of awareness materials
Families were provided with:
Support children impacted by COVID-19 through education, child protection, food and livelihoods
19,962
65,300 masks 6,530
500ml alcohol
65,300
bath soaps
families and frontliners benefited from the distribution of 33,800kg of mixed fresh vegetables
Strengthen health systems and workers
17 isolation tents (42sqm each), set up
2 mobile treatment or isolation units (320sqm each), provided
764 disinfectant kits given to health facilities
13,289 frontliners were provided with PPEs:
37,296
n95 and surgical masks
91,700 pairs
of gloves
387,000
surgical caps
1,600 packs, with 30 packets each, of micronutrient or food supplement distributed
1,462 individuals received unconditional cash transfer
IEC materials on parenting and protection
It’s just like online shopping - but with a cause! During this time of community quarantine when people are required to stay inside their homes all day, World Vision is amazed by the willingness and enthusiasm of people to help fellow countrymen while at home. Through e-commerce partners like Lazada, Shopee, Zalora, Grab, ticket2me, and Investagrams, individual donors have responded in the spirit of bayanihan reaching Php 1,000,000 worth of donation for World Vision’s COVID-19 Emergency Response. Even in this challenging time, the Filipino is eager to help. Thanks to World Vision’s partner e-commerce sites for bridging the opportunity to help. It made it easier for people to give or donate, just like online shopping, but with a cause! Donors can simply choose the voucher or the amount they would like to donate, as low as Php 1.00, just to be one with us in the fight against COVID-19. Our big thanks go to our partners Lazada, Shopee, Zalora, Grab, ticket2me, and Investagrams.
Fight against COVID-19 goes digital: World Vision partners with online platforms GCash and PayMaya Since the first impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was felt in the country, more and more restrictions and guidelines were made by the government to try to prevent the rapid spread of the virus. And once the government implemented the Community Quarantine in the country, access to even the basic necessities was hampered due to all the travel restrictions and temporary closures of stores, groceries, supermarkets, malls, and the like. In the advent of online shopping and e-grocery also comes the dawn of e-wallets such as PayMaya and GCash. These platforms helped ease access to the online economy by providing access to paying groceries, bills, and even donating to charity all at the palm of your hands. World Vision has collaborated with online financial platforms such as PayMaya and GCash, as we leverage on their access to the people who were willing to assist our frontliners and the vulnerable communities amidst the pandemic.
PayMaya launched their #OneAgainstCOVID19 Campaign that seeks to raise funds which are then donated to partner organizations such as World Vision to help fight the pandemic and stem its spread and infection. GCash also launched their #FightCOVID19 Campaign that also aimed to raise funds for our frontliners, and provide them the necessary gears and protection against the virus. Both campaigns have significantly helped in reaching out to the people amidst the lockdown, and has provided an avenue for the public to know more about how they, too, can help fight COVID19 as one community.
EMPLOYEE GIVING Despite the pandemic, several companies still engaged their employees with their CSR initiatives through employee giving. Employees from Colgate Palmolive, Medtronic, Emerson, and PCCW Solutions individually contributed to support World Vision’s COVID 19 Emergency Response by providing PPEs to the medical frontliners, disinfectant kits to several hospitals and health centers, sanitation kits and cash support for the most vulnerable families. Employee giving is indeed one way cultivating the culture of generosity in the workplace.
Initiatives like this is very much anchored on the 6th tenet of our company mission which is to maintain good citizenship as a company. These initiatives allows us to directly contribute to the local communities. Medtronic Management
World Vision thanks Promate, U Elements, and Urbanize for sponsoring the student fundraiser initiative Students, who are able to raise Php 5,000 will be able to help 5 families in cash distribution. Prizes go to excellent students with titles, such as Top Fundraisers, First Achievers, and Top Advocates. Through the generosity of these companies, World Vision is able to mobilize the youth and leaders of tomorrow. As young as they are, they are able to empathize with the most vulnerable and use their voice for the voiceless. “Promate is one with World Vision in encouraging the youth to support the families affected by the community quarantine, in their own simple way,” says Dimples Condo. Companies such as Promate, Urbanize, and UElements, who support the youth and advocacies, will reap the benefits of a brighter future by shaping young thought-leaders, who will make up our country for the next generations to come.
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World Vision backs DepEd learning continuity plan Word Vision Philippines through its Chairperson, Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno (ret.), pledged its solidarity to the Department of Education (DepEd)’s Brigada Eskwela (BE) and Oplan Balik Eskwela (OBE). During the national BE and OBE campaigns kick-off, Chief Justice Puno said World Vision is highly honored to be considered a partner of DepEd in serving all Filipino children. “Our decades of collaboration between World Vision and the Department of Education have seen millions of students achieve improved functional literacy through equitable access to age-appropriate, culture-sensitive and contextualized learning process,” the former Supreme Court chief magistrate shared. In her keynote message, DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones said she knows very well the contribution of World Vision for education, for the society and for the welfare not only of the learners but also of many Filipinos. “Right now, ang World Vision ay tumutulong sa atin sa ating pag shift sa edukasyon-kalidad, yung pag punta natin sa edukalidad, dahil magbibigay sila ng advice sa atin hinggil sa technology. Hindi lamang sa technology kundi sa health at ibang mga bagay-bagay pa,” Secretary Briones said. (Right now, World Vision helps us in our shift to quality education, the edukalidad program” because they give advice about technology, and not only about technology but also health and on other matters.) Chief Justice Puno invited both individuals and organizations to support our children’s education by saying that these challenging times call for a revitalized alliance of stakeholders as the state recognizes the complementary roles of public and private institutions in the educational system. “Helping ensure the unimpeded delivery of quality education to every student means upholding the constitution’s provision on protecting and promoting the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, and on taking appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all,” he added. BE and OBE in the time of pandemic According Undersecretary Tonisito M.C. Umali, Esq. of DepEd’s Legislative Liaison Office, External Partnerships Service and Project Management Service, BE and OBE are annual activities of DepEd that assist schools as they prepare for the opening of classes. Under the new normal, stakeholders are encouraged to donate health promotion and disease prevention
equipment. Partners are likewise encouraged to help in the information campaign and provision of learning options. With the joint theme of “Pagpapanatili ng Bayanihan Tungo sa Kalidad na Edukasyon para sa Kabataan”, the campaign supports DepEd’s Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP), with a provision, among others, on the adoption of various learning delivery options in light of minimum health standards. Brigada Pagbasa: Sama-sama, Tulung-tulong sa pagtataguyod ng kultura ng pagbabasa As co-lead convener of DepEd’s nationwide reading movement dubbed “Brigada Pagbasa”, World Vision is already to complementing the agency’s efforts to ensure learning continues despite the current health emergency. World Vision Education Manager Geomel P. Jetonzo said that both online and offline learning interventions are deployed to serve thousands of students all over the country. “Our digital education project in partnership with Spanish foundations Telefónica and La Caixa runs ProFuturo. We want to help propagate the DepEd Commons online learning platform so our partner public school teachers are now undergoing self-paced online training on distant learning to help them develop digital learning content,” explained Jetonzo. Furthermore, Jetonzo shared that World Vision’s area programs also provide support to community partners on localized alternative delivery modes. “Academic interventions like the Central Visayan Institute Foundation – Dynamic Learning Program shared to us by telco giants PLDT-Smart Foundation, Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. is scientifically proven effective at ushering quality education even with the scarcity of basic resources,” Jetonzo added. Abutin Na10: Para sa Sampung Milyong Mag-aaral The alliance between World Vision and DepEd extends to fund raising for the production and distribution of printed instructional packets and learning activity sheets. As announced during the said nationwide kick-off, this child-focused organization is co-lead convener of DepEd, and will mobilize partners to encourage stakeholders to contribute 10 Pesos for 10 days to be able to help in implementing the BE-LCP interventions such as distant learning and home schooling.
WORLD VISION VIRTUAL RUN The World Vision Virtual Run for Children is a unique opportunity for people to help, donate, and be physically active in the safety and convenience of their own homes during the community quarantine. What is important to us is that you share our cause for children. We want you to have the freedom to run where, when, how often, and how far you prefer, as long as your heart beats for the children.
Registration Fee I RUN FOR EDUCATION (STANDARD – 1,050): Microfiber polyester (drift) fabric and finisher’s medal, e-certificate, inclusive of delivery within the Philippines I RUN FOR HEALTH & NUTRITION (PREMIUM (1,350): Closed mesh full-sublimation shirt with fine details and stitch, finisher’s medal, e-certificate, inclusive of delivery within the Philippines BUNDLE PACK (1,650): I Run for Education shirt + I Run for Health & Nutrition shirt, finisher’s medal, e-certificate, inclusive of delivery within the Philippines
Thanks to our partners for their generous support in our COVID-19 Emergency Response
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