COVID-19EMERGENCYR E S P O N S EEXTERNAL REPORTO N E M O N T H O N

One for Children

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The coronavirus disease (or COVID-19) was first documented in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China last December 2019. On 11 March 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) elevated the viral outbreak from a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) to a pandemic.

Within the hour of WHO’s declaration, World Vision declared a Global Emergency Response to initially focus its efforts on 17 countries, including the Philippines.

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One month on, World Vision in the Philippines has reached and assisted over 1.4 million people, 343,804 of whom are children, through three (3) strategic interventions:

Scaling up preventive measures to limit the spread of COVID-19

Strengthening of health systems and workers

Supporting children impacted by COVID-19 through education, child protection, food security, and livelihoods

LUZONAlbay, Sorsogon, Batangas, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Pangasinan

VISAYASAklan, Antique, Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Negros Occidental, and Samar

MINDANAOBukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur (including Marawi City), Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Zamboanga del Norte

METRO MANILAMalabon City, Manila, andQuezon City

RESPONSE AREAS

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RESPONSE SUMMARY( As of April 15, 2020)

2 Mobile Storage Units or Wiik Halls

with 320 sqm each, provided to facilities,used as treatment or

isolation areas

13 huggy tentswith 42 sqm each,

provided to hospitalsand health centers,

used as treatment or isolation areas

1.4 M people reached through mass media, face-to-face orientation and distribution of awareness materials.

2,140 frontliners received Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

108 Disinfectant Kits provided to hospitals, medical facilities and rural health units

1,000 Sanitation Kits distributed to families

2,000 families and60 frontliners received 6.8 MT of fresh vegetables

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World Vision in the Philippines has reached and assisted

over 1.4 million people343,804 are children

On behalf of the staff, doctors, nurses, medical technologists and the radiologic technologists of the Lung Center of the Philippines, thank you!

Most of the people in this village are daily wage earners and have been relying on relief goods since the enhanced community quarantine was enforced. The vegetables mean a lot, especially to those with malnourished children, while the hygiene kits will be a relief to many parents who no longer have the budget for these essentials.

Hello to my sponsor! Since the community quarantine, I spend my time playing with my sister or helping my mother with household chores. Thank you for your help to our family.

Dr. Edmund VillaromanPresident of the Lung Center of the Philippines Physicians Association

Maricris BulataoVillage Leader

Ric Andrei10 years old, Sponsored Child

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND RESPONSE ACHIEVEMENT

Scale up preventive measuresto limit the spread of disease

In the last four (4) weeks, the Response Team managed to immediately mobilise and provide awareness in the communities regarding the risk of the infection as well as COVID-19 infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, reaching a total of 1.4 million people to date, through print and mass media, face-to-face orientation and distribution of information, education and communication (IEC) materials. Ten (10) local radio stations, including faith-based stations, regularly aired World Vision IPC messages. Audio materials on handwashing, social distancing, dealing with stress among children, and stay-safe messages (with translation to Bisaya, a local dialect) continues to be aired in covered communities using the public address (PA) systems.

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Strengthen health systemsand workers

World Vision prioritised and provided support to the formal and informal health workers, including community health workers through the following:

Provision of tents for triage/isolation areasWith the increasing number of COVID cases in the country, hospitals have almost reached their threshold, preventing them to accommodate the treatment of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients. Complementing the government efforts and heeding the call of COVID-19 referral hospitals for isolation tents, World Vision has provided a total of two (2) Mobile Storage Unit (MSU) or Wiik Hall with 320 sq m. floor area each to the Quezon City DRRM Office Hope II Community Caring Facility to be used as isolation/treatment area and to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) to house logistical equipment used in supporting the Department of Health (DOH), as well as (13) huggy tents with 42 sqm. floor area each to three Level 2 and 3 hospitals in Metro Manila, Pangasinan, Legaspi, Albay and Mindanao.

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Provision of disinfectant kitsRecent studies show that the environmental contamination of hospital surfaces contributes to the transmission of infection for many pathogens and that disinfection leads to decreased transmission. In response, World Vision included the provision of disinfection kits to health facilities.

World Vision provided a total of 108 disinfectant kits to hospitals and rural health units in Metro Manila and Mindanao. Each distributed kit contains 1 galon of alcohol, 2 bottles of bleach solution, 12 detergent powder, three (3) pairs of cleaning gloves, three (3) spray bottles, three (3) wet mops, 10 sheets of soft cloth, and three (3) scrub brushes.

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Provision of personal protective equipment to healthcare providers and other frontlinersHelping the frontliners protect themselves allow them to effectively protect the rest of the Filipino citizens from the dreaded virus. To address the scarcity of supplies for frontline workers, World Vision has provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits on the first month of the Response.

A total of 458 PPE kits (or 1,832 N95 masks and goggles, 1,832 aprons, 91,600 surgical caps, 45,800 pairs of gloves, and 91,600 pairs of shoe cover) have been distributed to the Philippine Children’s Medical Center in Quezon City, Malabon City Hospital, Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial (DJNRM) Hospital, and the village health units of Malabon, Manila, and Quezon City, benefiting 2,140 medical and village frontliners.

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Support for children impacted by COVID-19 through education, child protection, food security, and livelihoods

The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) has limited the mobility of millions of people, and disrupted the livelhood and income sources of most. Thousands of families have relied heavily on relief items.

World Vision has distributed about 6.8 metric tons of fresh vegetables, securing nutritious food for 2000 families and 60 frontliners. The Dietary Departments of Lung Center of the Philippines and Amang Rodriguez Hospital were also provided with fresh vegetables for their frontliners.

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Ensuring collaboration and humanitarian accountability in the responseRecognising the importance of collaboration to ensure that all three objectives of the ongoing COVID-19 emergency response are achieved, World Vision deliberately strengthened its partnerships with key stakeholders including government bodies like the Office of Civil Defense, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the Department of Health (DOH), and faith-based organisations, and other key agencies and groups at the barangay, municipal, provincial and national levels, while maintaining engagement with UN agencies and other INGOs. The organisation also coordinates with different child-focused groups and alliances like the Joining Forces Alliance that calls on the national and local governments to intensify child protection efforts especially against online sexual exploitation against children (OSEC).

As important as other initiatives is accountability to affected population. Feedback mechanisms such as social listening and SMS hotlines were established, giving communities the means to provide comments or suggestions regarding the on-going response. World Vision in the Philippines as member and co-lead with UNOCHA’s Communities of Practice (CoP) for Community Engagement, also participated in the conduct of Rapid Information Communication Accountability Assessment (RICAA) along with other humanitarian organisations, to ensure that communities are consulted and involved in the process of improving the COVID-19 health operations in the country.

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MOVING FORWARD

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Since the response operations center and relief warehouse are located within/near Metro Manila, and majority of the COVID-19 patients are in the country’s capital, it enabled the team to initially mobilise and implement its response plan. Prepositioned relief items for other response locations have also arrived for distribution in the target provinces of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Meanwhile, Metro Manila-based relief operations shift gears in the next weeks to focus on the following:

Distribution of sanitation kits for

families

Cash transfer for 15,000 families

Food distributions Continuous risk communications

initiatives

Distribution of PPEs for frontliners

Distribution of disinfectant kits for

medical facilities

Support to learners’ education by developing and providing home learning materials and activity packs to children

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FUNDING

Objective 1 USD 238 486

Objective 2 531 527

Objective 3 669 986

Admin Cost 160 000

Target Fund

Sponsorship fund USD 926 334

Local fundraising 200 000

Emergency fund 59 300

Total 1 185 634

Funding gap 414 366

Funding Sources*

15%

33%42%

10%

58%

12%

26%

4%

*Gifts-in-kind amounting to approximately USD 38 584 were also received from different partners.

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A BIG THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS

dxCM - Kidapawan City

Radyo Rapido Davao dxRR 1017 AM

Edge Radio FM - Kidapawan City

dxNK FM - Zamboanga del Norte

dxOC - Ozamis City

dxFE AM - Davao City

dxNR - T’boli,

South Cotabato

100.5 Bandera News FM - Midsayap

98.1 Radio Bandera -Surallah

dxKY - Sto Nino,

South Cotabato

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