INTRODUCTION

The COVID19 virus seems to affect other communities, work and groups. While this is

not distinguished from the virus itself, certain groups are responsible for uneven diseases.

Poverty and unstable work can lead to the underlying disease, situation, and adverse parts of

the population. Researchers are exploring ways to manage mental health and emotional well-

being, combat racism and discrimination, and talk to community supporters about their impact

on the neighborhood. Others are thinking about how the job adapts to economic recovery and

possible long-term remote work.

As people around the world began to bear the brunt of the COVID 19 pandemic in mid-

2020, the World Bank launched a COVID 19 survey to monitor the social and economic impact

of the pandemic on the community. In the Philippines, a community survey conducted in

collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare Development (DSWD) is the best way to

implement a pandemic response and recovery program aimed at seeking help from the poorest

and most vulnerable rural communities. Gained important insights into respondents included

community volunteers and barangay (village) officials from some of the poorest communities

identified through the country's existing national community-led development projects.

In August 2020, the first round of the community survey was attended by 180

respondents representing 101 barangays. In the second round of April 2021, there were 200

respondents from 135 barangays in three major island groups: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Respondents were asked to share their views on the community's situation, using a

standard questionnaire designed to understand the socio-economic status of the community.

These results reflect general observations made by community leaders based on the awareness

and knowledge of their respective communities.

 OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION

Community engagement inside fitness is critical to acquire number one healthcare and

sell human beings-focused services. It can aid buy-in and sustainability of fitness interventions,

fitness advocacy, stepped forward high-satisfactory and pride of services, and make

contributions to fitness structures responsiveness and strengthening. Community engagement

refers to involvement and participation of individuals, organizations and systems inside a

parameter of a social boundary or catchment region of a network for decision-making, planning,

design, governance and shipping of services. It is used as a determine perception with phrases

like verbal exchange, social mobilization, network participation, network motion and

empowerment with emphasis at the company of network individuals or organizations, thinking

about them as energetic in preference to passive participants. Community engagement is visible

as vital in lots of fitness initiatives, consisting of for communicable disease and maternal and

toddler fitness initiatives, and greater currently has been taken into consideration a essential

thing in the course of outbreaks. The manner human beings engage and stay with every

different via their systems, in addition to their ancient pathways require concerns on the way to

correctly adapt and reply to any sickness outbreak. For example, variations in political–cultural

and social systems, structures and approaches amongst groups and social norms and ideals

have an effect on fitness behaviors and consequences in the course of outbreaks. Moreover, a

latest fast overview mentioned key training in hazard verbal exchange for manage of outbreaks

to consist of groups taking a principal function within side the response, related to neighborhood

leaders and organizations, tailoring interventions to groups and making sure a two-manner

verbal exchange.

A protocol turned into evolved and agreed on through the studies crew, which

incorporates academics, implementers and coverage makers from a couple of disciplines and

backgrounds.
 ANALYSIS

Integral to facilitating and fostering mutual trust and collective action is risk/crisis

communication. This broadly involves effective and accurate dissemination and exchange of

data about current and future risks, also because the hazards and impacts before, during, and

after a crisis. Individuals and groups across sectors may use this communication space to feed

valuable ground information; suggest possible courses of action; and contribute something to

ease the burden of the government in crisis management. Among communication channels

that became efficient tools for risk/crisis communication are social media platforms as they

permit for a fast and effective way of communicating and fascinating with large and diverse

audiences

LGUs have given normal updates/reports about their endeavors, drives, and exercises to

address the current general wellbeing emergency. These involved practically 60% to more than

70% of the complete number of Facebook posts during the three-week time frame shrouded in

this review for the three chose LGUs. This was the most elevated among all recognized kinds of

data/correspondence. These posts by and large incorporate, among others, data about the

LGUs' cleaning/sanitization endeavors; help conveyance; and arrangement of transportation

administrations, clinical supplies and extra help to frontliners. These normal updates/reports

help in building and keeping up with common trust as they give proof that the LGU is giving its

all to deal with the emergency circumstance.

LGUs have additionally centered around sharing a lot of data from different sources

about the idea of the COVID-19 infection and prudent steps to forestall being contaminated with

the sickness. These posts assist individuals with turning out to be more mindful of the dangers

presented by COVID-19 and settle on informed choices to more readily set themselves up

against the infection. These further assist individuals with getting the reasoning behind why

certain strategies, and measures, for example, social removing conventions and ECQ, were set

up.
 RECOMMENDATIONS

DILG issued a recommendation dated June 17, 2020 through the Barangay Secretariat

Martin B. Dinho Secretariat, wearing face masks, physical or social distance, regular to all

Barangay captains nationwide called for adherence to traditional hand-washing practices. And

the availability of disinfectants, clean water, and soap. Barangays are also instructed to prevent

group gatherings and dining together in common areas.

Barangay should minimize the number of participants in activities such as holding

meetings and other sessions. "DILG reminds barangay officials to walk. monitoring purposes,

the DILG Regional Office will send a list of barangay personnel who did not comply with the

COVID 19 relevant guidelines of the province and other government agencies to the Central

Office. Barangay is also said to have no fees or charges for issuing barangay certification for

COVID 19 related purposes.

Preventive measures consist of bodily or social distancing, quarantining, air flow of

indoor spaces, masking coughs and sneezes, hand washing, and retaining unwashed fingers

farfar from the face. The use of face mask or coverings has been endorsed in public settings to

minimise the hazard of transmissions. Sedentary behaviour and occasional tiers of bodily hobby

may have terrible consequences at the fitness, wellness and best of lifestyles of individuals.

Self-quarantine also can reason extra strain and venture the intellectual fitness of citizens.

Physical hobby and rest strategies may be treasured equipment that will help you stay calm and

keep to shield your fitness at some point of this time. WHO recommends one hundred fifty mins

of moderate-depth or seventy five minutes of vigorous-depth bodily hobby in line with week, or a

aggregate of both.
 CONCLUSION

Communities round the arena are united via way of means of the demanding situations

engendered via way of means of the COVID-19 threat. Local officers are at the leading edge of

the fight: the tone and immediacy in their reaction to this emergency now no longer most

effective outline their leadership, however additionally at once effect the fitness and wellbeing in

their citizens. The way wherein elected officers reply to the COVID-19 disaster will have an

impact on citizen agree with and societal well being for years to come, specially on the nearby

level.

Almost overnight, towns and municipalities round the arena ought to set up strong,

obvious and responsible spending measures in reaction to emergency remedy applications to

make certain right investment allocation and regulation. Local officers are immediately

answerable for dispensing assist inclusively and transparently amongst small organizations and

citizens; and ought to additionally coordinate with country wide and different nearby

governments, the personal sector, or even global groups with a view to receive, track, and

distribute clinical system and different supplies. Additionally, many nearby governments are

performing fast to ramp up fitness carrier provision, revise economic regulations and enforce

new public protection regulations.

As a few of the examples demonstrate, neighborhood establishments are regularly the

nearest and maximum direct shape of governance. They are important and want to be open,

handy and attentive to citizen wishes as the overall implications of the pandemic – health,

social, economic and political – come into consciousness across the world. Officials have a

obligation to talk regularly with their network and to solicit citizens’ enter on remedy and

shipping measures – mainly important for ladies and marginalized groups, for whom the terrible

influences of the pandemic may be compounded with the aid of using current socio-financial

and political conditions.

 Aringay National High School

CASE STUDY:

EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY

OF COMMUNITY DURING COVID 19

PANDEMIC

By

John Miekel A. Cortez

HUMSS 12-Piaget