COVID-19 Emergency Education Response

Dear Friends,

We hope this email finds you well and safe.

It has been an incredibly busy and exciting last three months at FundLife as we continue to ramp up our programming and return to some level of pre-COVID-19 interaction with children.  The most impactful and significant update is that after more than two years of school closures, children are finally starting to return to classroom education. Although full-time classroom education is not due to begin until September, the gradual reopening of schools has been a positive light on what has been an extremely difficult time for children. 

Below are some of our highlights over the last three months and also our 2022 impact, as we have just finished our bi-annual impact report.

SNAPSHOT OF OUR REACH in 2022

• Since the start of 2022, our emergency COVID-19 response programming reached a total of 3,798 children and youth in Leyte (2,235 male and 1,563 female) with SEL support and learning and consistent sessions. On average, children in our programming attend 2-3 sessions every week, giving them consistency of support and monitoring. 
  
  
• Our Cebu response, supported by the #StandWithGirls campaign, has reached 528 adolescent girls and young women. Programming for girls include mentorship sessions, learning packs, digital and vocational training and employment pathways.

Some Highlights of the last three months:

• Launch of additional play/learning activities in seven (7) new communities across Leyte and Tacloban.
• Delivery of Youth Mentorship Capacity Building Workshop in Leyte
• In partnership with 'Girls Got This', FundLife completes digital training skills for Adolescent girls from Cebu
• FundLife launches our 'Social Enterprise Pathway' for dignified employment in Cebu
• Resumption of the Girls and Boys Community Sport League in Tacloban, reaching over 350 players

MEET OUR YOUNG CHAMPIONS:

• Meet Lolita - Football player, peer mentor and future scholar
• Meet Jenny - GGT Participant and committed to education 

As always, thank you for all of your support and believing in us so that we can believe in their dreams!