From The Other Side of The Table

The Philippines
under COVID-19Appendix
Vol.35Vol.35 2020年12月
これまで給食The Philippines, Castillejos

78,638,102食分のテーブルの向こう側からご寄付が集まりました！
フィリピンカステリヤホス

遠隔授業で学ぶ 生徒に食材パックを配布
フィリピンでは10月に学が再開しましたが、教室での対面授業ではなく、オンライン授業と教材を使った自己 学習によ遠隔教育が採用 ます。

In the Philippines, schools reopened in October but
lessons are conducted online and self study by suing
study materials. no class room lessons are conducted.

は ライ イ 学
で、と た 生 徒を対象に給食を提供し ました。
しかし新型コロナ ウイルス感染症によ 経済状態の悪化の影響を多くの 家族が受けことか 、全生徒を対象に給食の食 材を詰めたパックの配布を実施し ます。保護者が仕 事を った家庭や、国内の移動制限のため父親が帰郷 できな 家庭 あり、生徒と家族は様々な課題に直面しSince 2014, TFT has been providing lunches at a primaryます。

school in Castillejos in western Ruzon island of the※ 2 0 2 0 年 10月 時 点 の 情 報 に 基 づ い て 作 成 しています。

（写真：学校で給食を食べていた頃）

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Philippines, to students who were identified as

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malnutrition. Currently TFT provides all the students with

ひとつの米や豆、コーンビーフやツナ缶、粉ミルクなに 、 、 や な の を 詰めた食材パックを配布し ます。 化物、たんばく質が豊富

春 井製菓では、毎 年 食 堂 でおにぎり を提供し、写真投稿で おにぎりアク ョン に しま す 。 り の を す と 多 くの が し 、 ロッ
ス と に楽しくしました。今年は食堂だけでは なく家 庭 で の 写 真 投 稿 しよに 力をお願 し、全部で167枚の写真が集まりました。

テーブル

で、 々の食事に欠 か な 食 材 を ま し た

Students and their families are facing challenges: families

テーブ ル

世界を繋ぐ

food packs for lunch as the economic situations of manyfamilies are negatively affected by COVID-19 pandemic.

わ た し の。

わたしの 食が あの子の 食になる。

with their breadwinners lost their jobs or other families
whose fathers can not come home because of restrictions

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自己学習の教材と食材パックの配布を し た

of movement or lockdown of certain areas.

生は、Philippines

は く保 護 者 が 今 は り にし た の に は き ま し た。パックを受け ったときの満足そ な様や しを、こちしく なりました。食材パックは児童と家庭にとっきな支援になっ ます。と し ます。のとの生 活 習 慣 病の解消に 同時に取り組 む 日 本 の 社 会 貢 献運動です。

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School meals served、
ウ ン で 給 食 とし食ョ をー とし鉢 で提供し、支 援 の たちが食事 を し様 に を まし た 。 ッテ ト の 上に、ト トソースで煮込んだ豆をトッピン した内 にア ン し、 か と好評でした。

78,638,102 meals

Starting food distribution for all the students
TFT supports a school lunch program in Balaybay area of the Castillejos region ofwestern Luzon island in the Philippines. The area is resettled by families who lost theirhomes by the eruption of the Pinatubo volcano and has high unemployment and poverty rates.

Prior to COVID 19 pandemic, TFT provided school lunches to the students with malnutritionat the Balaybay primary school. Since the school closure due to the pandemic no there wasno school lunches program. Instead, TFT began distributing food packs to all 726 students,
whomever wish to receive considering many families lost jobs or income.

―2 ―Only 40% of students can get access to online lessons
In the Philippines, the schools restarted in October. The new school year was delayed by fourmonths. Even though the schools restarted, lessons in the classrooms were banned so they wereconducted online combined with self-study, using learning material called Modular. To receive
online classes, students need to have a computer and internet, but many students can not afford tohave an online learning environment. It is said that 60% of students in the entire Philippines are notable to receive online lessons.
Students who can not study through online lessons have to do a self-study by using Modular.
Students’ guardians need to go to school every Friday to receive a new Modular. They submit
homework of previous week and receive next week’s Modular. When the guardians come to school
to receive Modular, they receive packs of food containing rice, beans, corned beef, tinned tuna andcondiments. One mother of the student told that her husband lost his job so the family lost income.
For her, receiving the food pack is great support for her family.

Self-learning is challenging to everyone
Self-learning by using Modular is the first time experience for students, their families andteachers. For the teachers, they will not be able to give lessons face to face. For the guardians,
they have to take the role of teacher and teach children. In school, when students do notunderstand the lessons, they can ask teachers. But in the self-study, guardians have to answer tothe questions. This is a lot of burden on the guardians. Also, it is not easy for teachers toknow whether students understand the lessons. In the Balaybay school, teachers arebuilding a system by using SMS or social media to monitor each student and if they

have questions, the students can ask teachers through those mediums.

A teacher is preparing the distribution of Modular―3 ―Tacking of Corona Virus in thePhilippines
In the Philippines, more than 6000 people weretested positive with COVID-19 in a day in August,that was the highest number. Since then, thenumber of new positive cases are declining, stillauthorities carefully monitor the trend.

Strict lockdown measures were enforced in the capital
Manila and surrounding areas where the highest
number of positive cases were reported. Castillejos
where Balaybay school is located, the number ofinfections is not high, therefore the lockdown measure
is not so strict. Nevertheless, the youth below 21 years
old and the elderly over 60 years old must stay home,which means children can not easily play with theirfriends. People must use not only masks but must put on
Prevention measures such as temperature checks
and social distancing are enforced in the schools.

face shields when using public transport.

Don’t make children under COVID-19 a lost generation
Commemorating the World Children’s day on November 20, UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)
released a report about the effects of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic to children. Generally, children
are considered less susceptible to the coronavirus. However, one out of nine COVID-19 patients in 87
countries is youth or children under 20 years old, 11 percent of total infections.
Prolonged school closures have heavy impacts onchildren. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, health andsocial services were terminated, and an increasing
number of children can not receive vaccinations andmedical care for other infectious diseases.
In

October

2020,

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millionchildrenin135

countries of the world are missing opportunities to
eat lunches due to school closures. It is a worrying
sign especially for disadvantaged children as theschool lunch is the only nutritious meal. Morechildren

withmalnutrition

willbeexpectedtoStudents receive their homework in the school yard.

increase.
TFT will continue to promote healthy eating habits in developed countries and deliver as many meals as possible
to children in need so that we can contribute to adjusting the unequal distribution of food in the world.
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