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3-prong Approach for Consistent Proper Hygiene and Sanitation Practices in the Fight Against COVID-19

Proper hygiene and sanitation practices is vital in the fight against COVID-19. The key is for people to be consistent. Action Against Hunger follow a 3-prong approach to achieve this end:

SUPPLY: we distribute to families Hygiene Kits that include soap, jerrycans and other essential hygiene products. Touch-Free Handwashing Stations are installed in various public areas like evacuation centers, schools and markets. If a community does not have a consistent water supply, we put up water tanks and make sure that this is replenished regularly through water-trucking.

EDUCATE: we talk and discuss with community the importance of proper hygiene and sanitation.

REINFORCE: we resupply the community with cleaning materials to make sure that their sanitation facilities and water source are properly maintained and cleaned. We train volunteers from the community to be Hygiene Promoters and conduct house-to-house hygiene promotion.

These activities are part of our COVID-19 Emergency WASH Response Project funded byย USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistanceย and in partnership withย CarePhilippinesย and Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP). Intervention areas are Lanao Del Sur, Lanao Del Norte and North Cotabato.

To find out how you can help us, visit our website:

https://actionagainsthunger.ph/call-for-donations/

(Photos by Muslimin Rias & Franz Hilario for Action Against Hunger)

Clean Water and Healthy Hygiene are Crucial as Ever For Poor Families Around the World due to COVID-19

COVID-19 is a stark reminder of the challenges that poor families face around the world, especially now that clean water and healthy hygiene are crucial as ever. Since the start of the pandemic, we have reached ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ,๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿต ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€ through our programs on water, sanitation,& hygiene.
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This #InternationalDayofCharity, help us give more families access to clean water and hygiene materials by donating. ๐Ÿ’™
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Go to: https://actionagainsthunger.ph/call-for-donations/

Discussing our Advocacy on Precautionary Measures Related to COVID-19 on Bandera News

Last August 15, the Department of Education Region XII invited our Cotabato team to mainstream our advocacy on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) as part of preventive and precautionary measures related to COVID-19 during a live broadcast at DepEd Ngayon Program via Bandera News TV-Cotabato/ Radyo Bandera Cotabato.

Representing Action Against Hunger were Cotabato Field Office Head, Ms. Delilah Chua, and Head of Project for Earthquake Emergency Response, Ms. Esther Magdayo. This live radio broadcast is in line with DepEdโ€™s commitment to ensure educational continuity amidst COVID-19 pandemic.

(Photos by J. Balagtas for Action Against Hunger)
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Celebrating and Honoring all Humanitarian Workers on World Humanitarian Day

Today, on ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†, we celebrate & honor all humanitarian workers who provide life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable and at-risk communities, despite the odds.

This year we also pay a special tribute to frontliners because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we commemorate humanitarian workers killed and injured in the course of their work. They are #RealLifeHeroes.

Re-planning For Regular Programming Implementation Under The New Normal

A ‘๐—ฅ๐—ฒ-๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น’ activity last August 12-14 was conducted by our ProACT team in order to lay-down all project accomplishments and to determine points of collaboration for pending deliverables as way of transitioning to normal programming. The first stage is to consult the Municipal Technical Working Groups of the four covered municipalities in Davao de Oro.

ProACT is a consortium project implemented by Action Against Hunger Philippines and Fundaciรณn CODESPA, with funding from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID Philippines).

(Photos by C. Erada & V. Menez for Action Against Hunger)

Inspiring People to Wear Masks to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 in the spirit of #๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค

๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ #๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—œ๐——-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต!
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Wearing masks is a vital safety measure particularly in our line of work. Our teams in the field take all the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to the communities we serve while ensuring the continuity of our life-saving programs. Many of these measures are designed to protect health workers in communities & facilities, and are in line with the World Health Organization and UN guidelines. Thus, as part of our preparedness measures, we make sure that our teams wear masks to ensure not only their own safety, but also the safety of the people we work with.
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Find out more about #WorldMaskWeek: https://pandemicactionnetwork.org/world-mask-week/

Celebrating #WorldMaskWeek with our Kidapawan and Cotabato Field Team

Our Cotabato and Kidapawan Field Teams took on the #WearAMask challenge in celebration of #WorldMaskWeek!

Wearing masks is a vital safety measure particularly in our line of work. Our teams in the field take all the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to the communities we serve while ensuring the continuity of our life-saving programs.

๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ #๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—œ๐——-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต!

Find out more about #WorldMaskWeek: https://pandemicactionnetwork.org/world-mask-week/

Promoting Hygiene Practices and Safety Measures against COVID in Lanao Del Sur and North Cotabato

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜†๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—— ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ.

Hygiene kits were provided to a total of 1,718 beneficiaries in Barangay Binidayan in Lanao Del Sur, and Barangay Malabuan and Malungon in North Cotabato last August 5 โ€“ 7. The distribution was conducted as part of our ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—— ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต- ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ผ.



With funding from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, our COVID-19 Emergency Wash Project is implemented together with our partners from CARE Philippines and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).

A Series of Orientations for Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Building in Barangay Ilomavis, Kidapawan City

A series of orientations was conducted in Barangay Ilomavis, Kidapawan City last July 29 and 30, 2020. The participants were members of 64 vulnerable households who were displaced due to the November 2019 earthquake and are currently more at risk because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Photo by Lyndon Arbes for Action Against Hunger

The activity was launched to help raise awareness on the importance of disaster preparedness and resilience building, learning from the recent series of actual disasters and the effects of the pandemic that they experienced which had negatively affected their livelihoods and living condition. The activity was conducted in partnership with the City Government of Kidapawan City Agricultural Office, and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation Office in Kidapawan City.

Photo by Lyndon Arbes for Action Against Hunger

Written byย Joyce Sandajan
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, or the consortium members. Neither the European Union nor any of the consortium members can be held responsible for them.

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No More Long and Dark Walks to the Bathroom for Magpet Beneficiaries

Written by Joayra Gem Balagtas for Action Against Hunger

Jessa Ampoy used to walk 500 meters to go to the nearest comfort room in the evacuation site which is dark and water wasn’t always available. Because of this, she and her fellow evacuees prefer to take a bath in the nearby stream instead.

Jessa is one of the 560 people who are now able to practice proper hygiene habits because of the newly constructed hygiene facilities in Sitio Waterfalls at Bongolanon, Magpet as part of our ‘๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ผ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ’ together with CARE Philippines and ACCORD Incorporated, and funding from EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid – ECHO.

“๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ… ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข. ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต,โ€ said Jessa.

(Photos by Joayra Gem Balagtas for Action Against Hunger)