Apologies for forgetting to introduce myself and my organization. I am Junior Research Analyst at the Program on Alternative Development (AltDev) under the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS), the main policy research unit of the University of the Philippines (UP). I am colleagues with Ananeza Aban and Nathaniel Candelaria who also just sent you links to some of our recent publications. Established in 2017, AltDev is one of 12 programs under UP CIDS. AltDev’s main goal is to document paradigms, policies, grassroots practices, and projects that pose a critical challenge to mainstream or dominant models of development. Its scope expands to various actors within the Southeast Asia region who are undertaking various types of alternative economic, political, social, and cultural practices. AltDev envisions that through its documentation efforts, it can contribute to the linking of peoples and communities in the Philippines and the rest of the Southeast Asia region to form the building blocks of a peoples’ alternative regional integration – a form of integration that puts people first, rather than profits, politicking or vested interests. For more information about AltDev, please visit the UP CIDS website: https://bit.ly/37MVcqb Thank you so much. In solidarity, Hans On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 7:28 PM Honey Tabiola <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear partners, colleagues, friends,
We respectfully share with you our preliminary report on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to grassroots and marginalized communities across the Southeast Asian region and their valuable responses and initiatives.
Attached is the file but you can also download the report for free through this link:
https://cids.up.edu.ph/covid19portal/altdev-sea-grassroots-covid19-responses...
*A Preliminary Report on Southeast Asian Community and Grassroots Responses in COVID-19 Times (29 May 2020)* Eduardo C. Tadem, Ananeza P. Aban, Karl Arvin F. Hapal, Venarica B. Papa, Nathaniel P. Candelaria, Honey B. Tabiola, and Jose Monfred C. Sy
ABSTRACT: As the whole world reels under the impact of the unprecedented health crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been little attention on its effect on grassroots communities and marginalized sectors. This is particularly important given the haphazard and erratic manner of official measures to contain the contagion which are being implemented in a situation where health systems face serious challenges in terms of readiness to confront a crisis of this proportions. While national reports are extensively documented and macro numbers are often reported, there is a need to look more closely at underprivileged sectors and communities. This preliminary report documents what marginalized communities in Southeast Asia are engaging in and how they respond to the pandemic. Results are varied, conditioned on the location, existence of community and sectoral organizations, and levels of social solidarity and collective consciousness.
Thank you so much.
On behalf of UP CIDS AltDev,
Hans Tabiola Junior Research Analyst