Education Philippines Project #16630

Help Filipino Kids Learn Better &Survive Disasters

by Knowledge Channel Foundation Inc.

Help Filipino Kids Learn Better &Survive Disasters

Project Report | Jun 27, 2014
KCFI Global Giving to Benefit First 18 Schools

By Angelico Mercader | KCFI Marketing and Communications

The Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. (KCFI) will start rolling out its program called Learning Effectively through Enhanced Pedagogies (LEEP) in Coron town, Palawan, Philippines beginning August 2014. With the initial funding of US $8,890 that KCFI was able to generate through Global Giving, an online donation platform for non-profit organizations, teachers and principals from 18 public schools will be trained from this first run of LEEP in the town that was severely devastated by Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013.

LEEP is geared towards equipping teachers and principals with the necessary skills for effective teaching-learning processes. For LEEP in Coron, workshops on effective learning approaches will especially focus on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) as well as climate change adaptation. Following studies that show how school children can help save lives during calamities using their single-mindedness to practice what they learn in school without hesitation, LEEP will enable teachers on how to best prepare their students during emergency situations, and become more resilient for future disasters. The LEEP-DRRM Module in Coron has already been developed and pilot-tested. KCFI has also produced a series of animated short videos for this training, which can be viewed at http://kchonline.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=188&Itemid=179.

KCFI continues to enjoin donors to support this cause and help reach the funding goal of US $30,000 that will benefit all 38 public schools with a combined population of 13,000 students in Coron, Palawan. Through this effort, KCFI believes that by empowering students to be prepared and pro-active during calamities, they will not only be able to save their own lives, but also those of their families and neighbors as well.

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Apr 10, 2014
Post March Open Challenge Report (April 10, 2014)

By Bea Isabel Oliveros | Knowledge Channel Foundation Marketing Assistant

The Knowledge Channel Foundation Inc, initiated this project on GlobalGiving to provide training on Learning Effectively through Enhanced Pedagogies (LEEP) to the teachers and principals of the 38 public schools in Coron, a town severely affected by the recent Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). In addition to improving educational outcomes through the use of enhanced pedagogies in the classroom, this project will help the principals and teachers assist 13,000 students to build the resiliency that can withstand future disasters.

The LEEP training that we will provide Coron will have a special emphasis on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. Studies have shown that if informed and educated on the actions to be taken should a disaster occur, the single-mindedness of children to unhesitatingly follow what they have been taught in school can help save many lives -- their own, and that of their families, friends and neighbors. Yet, not enough has been done to educate the children on this topic.

The challenge is to implement a program that will contribute to the effective translation and application of the new K to 12 curriculum concepts in classroom instruction, ensuring better learning for the children in Coron; and at the same time, build the resiliency of children, allowing them to survive and have a better chance at reaching their full potential.

LEEP will equip the teacher and principal participants with disaster risk reduction practices that they will forward to their students, teaching them ways to prevent and prepare for natural disasters. If we care for our children and our country, it is of paramount importance that children be educated about climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction at a young age, in order to increase their resilience to climate change and related disasters.

We are very grateful for all the support we received during the March Open Challenge. Thank you to our families, friends and colleagues who donated online through GlobalGiving.org. For the duration of the challenge, we were able to raise $7,047 from 77 donors, earning us a permanent spot on GlobalGiving. We may not have reached $30,000, but our project page will remain on the site to accept more donations until we reach our target.

Furthermore, we also received donations amounting to Php15,000 ($334) for the project that was deposited directly to Knowledge Channel here in the Philippines. This will also contribute to the funds that will provide the LEEP Training in Coron.

We will continue to promote this project to more donors so we may raise funds to provide the training to all 38 schools in Coron. Knowledge Channel is also looking forward to the opportunity to create more projects on GlobalGiving, and provide the LEEP training to other areas and provinces in the Philippines as well.

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