Although President Rodrigo Duterte recently approved in-person classes in selected “low risk” COVID-19 areas, face-to-face classes have already been conducted in areas with no COVID-9 cases as early as October.
As part of its mission to boost the quality of basic education even during the pandemic, Synergeia held virtual workshops to help teachers and parents cope with the demands of distance learning.
The town of Paglat, which hasn’t had a single case of COVID-19 since the pandemic, is among the few places in the Philippines where learners cope with school work through in-person tutorials.
As part of their efforts to help boost income of parents amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Synergeia Foundation has launched an online store where parents can sell anything.
“I volunteered because I didn’t want these kids to waste their time learning nothing,” says Emy Tarnate, one of the hundreds of volunteers helping children survive an education system altered by a global health crisis.
Iloilo province’s “Isip Kalasag” initiative aims to combat the rising cases of suicide in Iloilo by “developing, training and capacitating mental health warriors."
The bayanihan spirit lives on!
Synergeia Foundation with its local government partners distributed hundreds of food packs and sacks of rice to several towns in the Isabela and Cagayan.
Valenzuela City introduced a new way on how students can have a better grasp of the learning modules given the struggle brought about by the new normal of learning.