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National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict

Pandemic forces more Philippine families into poverty

Posted July 22nd, 2021

As in many other places in the world, the global pandemic has pushed millions of Filipinos and their children further into poverty. But a global partner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), The United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP), has responded in creative ways not only to feed the children’s bodies but to deal with their psychosocial needs as well.

Bayanihan is the spirit of sharing in the Philippines

Posted April 29th, 2021

When the COVID-19 lockdown began in March 2020, the Filipino people struggled with difficulties and challenges. They faced varying degrees of community quarantine from enhanced, general, to modified, not receiving much help from the government.