Empowering 50 Student Athletes in the Philippines

As Covid cases continue to rise in the City of Dumaguete, all sports activities continue to be suspended until further notice.  Our gymnasiums remain empty of athletes due to no face to face classes allowed plus the fact that children below 21 years of age are still mandated to stay at home on a 24 hour curfew.

Foundation University launched a wellness program instead where athletes who are beyond 21 alternately lead the university faculty and staff in a once a week wellness activity of zumba to promote physical activity at this time where we need to be healthy to develop strong resistance from this virus.

The novel Corona Virus (COVID - 19) has disrupted the lives of every individual globally bringing uncertainties, forcing countries to observe government mandated lockdowns and quarantine.  This has brought about drastic modifications to each sector in the community in response to this deadly threat.

This has not spared the field of sports in the Philippine arena. Big and small leagues have either been cancelled or postponed over the summer when the Community Quarantine was imposed.  The athletes under the Sports Scholarship Program who have been trained for such events are in status quo.  The Summer Sports Camp which was suppose to train athletes from the grass roots level have all been cancelled.

Today, July 1, 2020, Negors Oriental has been downgraded to Modified General Community Quarantine.  Under it's guideline sports activities are still prohibited.