“Si COVID at si Super Bata” is available in Tagalog, English, and 19 other Philippine languages.
Project CAMPana was initiated on March 23, 2020 by the College of Allied Medical Professions Executive Committee as a call for action and help to alleviate the effects of COVID-19 on Filipinos. Like the ringing of the “kampana”, Project CAMPana is an affirmation that we are one community, and our coming together fuels hope that we can all pull through this crisis.
Faculty, alumni, students, administrative staff, and CAMP friends responded to the CAMPana call and the CAMP core values of service, solidarity, and resourcefulness were manifested through the creation of these responses and the mandate of the University to serve the country with utak and puso became very evident.
Health education materials for adults and children and available in English, Filipino and six other Philippine languages were developed by OT and SP interns of the CAMP Community-Based Rehabilitation Program on COVID-19. USAP Tayo! was launched to offer free online SP consultation for those with communication and swallowing difficulties. Volunteer SP alumni and students develop home programs for clients and provide advice through email and video conferencing.
Project CAMPana has so far delivered ~1700 healthy meals for frontliners and other staff in Metro Manila and Laguna, mostly in partnership with Franco’s Friends PH, a non-profit organization, and Ate Sol’s canteen, a local caterer. Project CAMPana also supports the efforts of the UP-CAMP Foundation through the assembly and delivery of 800 face shields to date for PGH and other hospitals. Nine CAMPers have also volunteered at the Operations Center, where they also provided exercises to promote active breaks of the volunteers.
We thank all those who have heeded the CAMPana call. Please contact camp@post.upm.edu.ph or peching@up.edu.ph if you wish to be part of Project CAMPana.
By Aila Nica Bandong, Mary-Grace De La Pena-Kang, Frances Rom Lunar, Esmerita Rotor, and Maria Eliza Aguila. With contribution from Peñafrancia Ching
Published in UP Manila Healthscape Special COVID-19 Issue No. 2
