Filipinos and Nationalism During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Filipinos helping Fellow Filipinos
As COVID-19 strikes the Philippine nation, people rise together to counter it. At the forefront of the fight against the virus are our healthcare workers and various frontliners. Daily, they face the hazard of infection with their mantra: “We go to work for you. Please stay at home for us.”
Healthcare workers who directly work with COVID-positive patients are outnumbered; and due to their first-hand exposure, some staff require quarantine themselves - reducing their numbers. Another big challenge for frontliners is the lack of medical supplies including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).
Community quarantine and social distancing has not hindered our kababayans in looking for ways to help with the battle. Different groups, individuals, classmates, colleagues - groups big and small - have come together, despite limited resources and movement. Showing everyone that we are all #InThisTogether.
Asia 21 Young Leaders, Darwin Mariano and Harvey Keh, used their platform, Ticket2Me – The Kaya Natin! Movement in coordination with the Office of the Vice President to help raise funds in order to purchase PPEs, other medical supplies, and care/food packs needed by our health workers and frontliners.
“Each PPE Daily Set Ticket consists of one N95 mask, one gown, two sets of gloves, two pieces of head covers, two sets of shoe covers and one pair of goggles. This is only good for one (1) health worker. Each Food and Care Pack Ticket will help one health worker/frontliner per day.
All donors will receive an electronic ticket from our ticketing platform as proof of donation to the Kaya Natin! Movement. Ticket2Me has waived its service fees for this campaign but third-party payment gateway service fees will apply. These service fees are charged by the system's various payment partners including: the credit card processing bank, PayPal, GCash, 7-Eleven, MLhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier or ECPay.
To observe social distancing, online donations are coursed through our #AngatBuhay partner Kaya Natin!”
As of March 24, 2020, The Kaya Natin! Movement has reached PhP28,868,752.79 and have already distributed 23,475 daily sets of PPEs to 1,565 workers.
Ticket2Me is not the only platform and group reaching out to help our frontliners and our most at risk. Netizens have come together to compile organizations seeking donations and assistance through a collaborative spreadsheet HOW TO HELP OUT DURING COVID-19 CRISIS. The list includes drives for frontliners, our affected daily wage earners, homes for the elderly, and our most at risk.
Here are some of the organizations (catering to frontliners) you can donate to:
1. Tulong Kabataan – UP Manila
- What they need: Asking for masks and alcohol
- Who are they helping: patients, healthworkers, and interns of Philippine General Hospital
- Contact Details: +639082111437
2. Philippine General Hospital
- What they need: Personal Protective Equipment (n95 mask, surgical mask, face shield, surgical gowns) 70% Ethyl Alcohol
- Who are they helping: Frontliners (Healthcare Workers)
- Contact Details: Dr. Mia Tabuñar (Coordinator for Resource Generation) 09193506917
- What they need: Asking for N95 masks, face shields, 70% Ethyl Alcohol, surgical gown, clean/sterile gloves
- Who are they helping: Frontliners (Healthcare Workers)
- Contact Details: Dr. Edwin Dimatatac - 09176294301
4. Philippine Association of Medical Technologists, Inc. (PAMET)
- What they need: Asking for N95 masks, face shields, 70% Ethyl Alcohol, surgical gown, clean/sterile gloves
- Who are they helping: Frontliners (Healthcare Workers)
- Contact Details: PAMET Secretariat - (02) 8817-1487 / 09178901118
5. National Children’s Hospital (NCH)
- What they need: PPE, N95 masks, face shields, 70% Ethyl Alcohol, surgical gown, clean/sterile gloves
- Who are they helping: Frontline government workers and healthworkers
- Contact Details: Dr. Jennifer Gianan, Chief Resident - National Children's Hospital 09176392278 or at 264 E. Rodriguez Ave., New Manila, QC
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- What they need: Asking for Surgical masks, surgical gloves, surgical caps, PPE set, N95 masks, protective goggles, plastic boots, plastic aprons, disposable gowns, face shields, scrub suit, alcohol, soap, food, hazmat suits
- Who they are helping: Frontliners
We salute all the people who are trying their best to fight this crisis for fellow Filipinos. There are many ways to support our frontliners and each other during this time. However, one of the best ways to help them is by KEEPING HEALTHY and STAYING AT HOME.
#ProtectTheFrontline
We are here and we are #InThisTogether.
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