Education Philippines Project #56039

Help Struggling Filipino Kids Read

by Save the Children Philippines

Project Report | Feb 21, 2023
Save the Children from Hunger

By Riel Andaluz | Sr. Manager for Corporate Partnerships

BACKGROUND

In the Philippinesand in the world,millions of neonates,children and adolescents still die of preventable diseases, malnutrition and extreme hunger. One in 3 Filipino children under 5 years old is stunted and roughly 7% are too thin for their height.

Climate change, COVID-19 and conflict have exacerbated the situation underscoring the complex links between poverty, health and economic development.Breakingthiscycleinvolvesworkingacrossvariousprogramsnot just onhealthand nutrition,but also,education,livelihoods and protection.

With the help of donors, including those that donate via GlobalGiving, SavetheChildren Philippines has been able to provide a healthy start in life to optimize a child’s development potential. This is critical for children’s long–term health and well-being and educational, social and economic outcomes as adults.

Our Recent Accomplishments

Save the Children has been training community leaders in mobilizing and enrolling parents / caregivers with children who were wasted, stunted or nutritionally at-risk. We are proud that through our efforts, we have been able to increase awareness and understanding of close to 400 participants on important health and nutrition concepts and practices, children’s rights and positive parenting and they are now putting it into practice.

In Samar, our interventions to address malnutrition led to the recovery of 63% of those diagnosed as wasted and nutritionally at-risk.

A research using clustered and randomized control trial to test interventions on face-to-face parenting training on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) among pregnant women covering 6 municipalities in Samar is ongoing. This involves a total of 500 pregnant women, 250 each for the control and intervention groups.The baseline study showed that the current level of knowledge on IYCF is average. The intervention began in October 2022 and will end in February 2024. Follow-up visits are conducted by the barangay health workers, barangay nutrition scholars and the Municipal Nutrition Action Officer.

In Mindanao, Bajau children and their families benefitted from Positive Deviance Hearth, a training program to rehabilitate underweight and wasted children without the need for medical interventions and to prevent future cases of malnutrition, and community kitchens. Food baskets with rice, sugar, eggs, water and other basic commodities were also distributed among 207 households. Out of 12 children with moderate acute malnutrition, 2 (17%) fullyrecovered, 9 (75%) showed slight improvement and will still need close follow-up, and 1 will bereferred for supplementation. Out of 9 pregnant and lactating women (PLW) who were nutritionally at risk, 8 (89%) showed slight improvement. Children and PLW with slight improvement require continuous monitoring.

Socio-behaviouralchange communication(SBCC) tools such as the Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) tape,body mass index (BMI) calculator and childl ength mat were introduced to community volunteers, barangay health workers and to parents/ caregivers with children 0-59 months who are stunted, wasted and nutritionally-at-risk including pregnant and lactating mothers.These enabled them to take part in monitoring their children’s health such as measuring and recording health indicators instead of just being recipients of services. It empowered them to help in the early detection and referral of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) to the health facilities for immediate action.

Orientation session on nutrition

Food basket disribution

Community Kitchen

Assessing and identifying malnourished children

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Oct 24, 2022
Save the Children Philippines' Report

By Maria Rosario Garcia | Corporate Partnerships Coordinator

Community Kitchen Beneficiaries

According to the World Bank, hunger in the Philippines rose sharply following the start of the pandemic. A survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed that in September 2020, 31% of Filipino families experienced hunger in the past 30 days and 9% were suffering from severe hunger – the highest levels recorded in more than 20 years.

In 2021 alone, 13.1% or 2.9 million children were estimated to be hungry.

“Hunger is exponentially depriving a generation of Filipino children of their rights and heavily impacts their growth and development in many ways. Thus, all actors, including governments, donors, and the general public, must collaborate to manage the risks of the hunger crisis and invest in anticipatory action to prevent rather than respond to crisis warnings,” said Save the Children Philippines CEO Atty. Albert Muyot.

“Save the Children from Hunger Campaign” is a campaign focusing to raise funds that will provide resources for health and nutrition interventions that will improve Save the Children Philippines’ sponsored communities’ access to food, and support parents, caregivers, and gives people the chance to help cure hunger among children.

We provide immediate solutions like the provision of food baskets for hungry children and their families; Sustainable solutions such as promoting positive behaviors and practices among parents and caregivers at home, resulting to better nutrition for their children.

Save the Children Philippines’ “Save the Children from Hunger Campaign” is prioritizing areas of high hunger and malnutrition rates, such as Samar Island, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

Aside from delivering sustainable solutions such as promoting positive behaviors and practices among parents and caregivers at home, resulting to better nutrition for their children. “Save the Children Hunger Campaign” has also reached the following:

Food packs distributed 107 Badjau households consisting of 268 family beneficiaries including 968 individuals (502 adults and 466 children)
Second Food packs distributed for 201 families.
Children and families are constantly receiving help through Community Kitchen
- For $16.00 a monthly donation will be pooled to provide communities with skills, tools and ingredients for nutrition rehabilitation
- For $30.00 it can provide ingredients for 2 ½ weeks of nutritious meals for a child, plus initial assessment of a child’s nutritional status; and training for parents and care-givers to use the Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator, Mid-upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) tape, and child length mat
- For $60.00 it can provide ingredients for 6 weeks of nutritious meals for a child, plus initial assessment of a child’s nutritional status; and training for parents an caregivers to use the Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator, Mid-upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) tape, and child length mat

Bajau Community receives cash for work to 141 individuals for Php 325.00 each

Community Kitchen Beneficiaries 2

Assessment using MUAC Tape

Assessment using Child Length Mat

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