By Kelly Wilson | Senior Manager of Strategic Grants
Thank you for your generous donation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Never in the history of GlobalGiving had there been a challenge that so definitively illuminated the power of our vast community as COVID-19.
Thanks to your generosity, the Coronavirus Relief Fund channeled more than $14.5 million dollars into the hands of nearly 500 high-impact and community-led nonprofits, fueling life-saving work in 80 countries around the world.
Without your support, this truly global response to a global challenge would not have been possible. Here is what one of our most recent grantees, Remi Magaan of Haligi ng Bata, Inc., wanted you to know about the impact of your donation:
Like most nonprofits at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, HBI was quick to implement relief programs in the form of food supplies provision and provision of clinic materials, protective equipment, vitamins, and medicines to underequipped public community health centers in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.
Apart from the impact on public health, the pandemic has had a tremendous and long-term effect on Philippine public education. As part of its pandemic response, the Philippine government ordered the closure of all schools from March 2020 to April 2022. Face-to-face classes were suspended and students had to make do with distance learning to continue their education. This shift to distance learning contributed to the poor school performance of Filipino students. In recent international assessments, it was revealed that a typical Filipino student is five years behind in terms of mastery—meaning, a 6th grade student usually has the reading, writing, and math skills of a 1st grader.
This finding is consistent with the feedback of partner teachers, parents, and what HBI has observed in the public schools they are helping. In response to this, HBI has been implementing a slew of student support services in the form of classroom improvements, mandatory tutorials for students after class, specialized home-based tutorials during school breaks, and radio-based tutorials for students with no internet access.
GlobalGiving is now closing the Coronavirus Relief Fund after making a final round of grants to 10 high-impact and community-led nonprofits continuing to support their communities through the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, including Haligi ng Bata, Inc.
Here is a short description of some of the critical work you’ve supported:
The following organizations have also received grants in our final round of funding, thanks to you:
Your support of the GlobalGiving Coronavirus Fund powered community-led responses that helped people get through their most trying times. Simply put: Thank you.
We are now closing our Coronavirus Relief Fund, as the pandemic declaration has ended and widespread disruptions in daily life have subdued. Yet, the work of our local partners to protect their communities lives on, especially as they work to grow stronger in the face of future challenges.
Learn more about the inspirational role of local leaders in ending the pandemic and paving the way forward to a safer world in this extended report on the GlobalGiving Coronavirus Relief Fund.
With gratitude,
Kelly Wilson + the GlobalGiving Team
By Victoria Mendez | Senior Associate, Disaster Response
By Victoria Mendez | Disaster Response Associate
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