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54% ng mga bata nangangamba, malungkot sa kabila ng pandemya, ayon sa child welfare office

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Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/10/28/20200925-baseco-daily-life-jc.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Children play beside a construction site at the Baseco sea wall in port area in Manila on September 25, 2020. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MAYNILA (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) — Pumalo sa 54 porsyento ng mga kabataan ang nagpahayag ng kalungkutan, takot at pangamba sa kasagsagan ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic batay sa isang survey, ayon sa Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC). </p><p>Ayon kay CWC executive director Mary Mitzi Cajayon-Uy, bukod sa physical health, may epekto rin ang pandemya sa mental at psychosocial health ng mga bata. </p><p>Base sa survey ng partner agencies ng opisina at mga non-government organization, ayon kay Uy, nasa 52.7 porsyento ng mga kabataan naman ang may pangambang magambala ang kanilang pag-aaral ngayong may pandemya. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">During the virtual presscon for the National Children&#x27;s Month, Council for the Welfare of Children Exec. Dir. Mary Mitzi Cajayon-Uy says more than 29,000 children have been infected with COVID-19, as of Oct. 25 (📷CWC FB Live) <a href="https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DZMMTeleRadyo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZkWc1o6fEN">pic.twitter.com/ZkWc1o6fEN</a></p>— Maria Arra Perez (@arraperezDZMM) <a href="https://twitter.com/arraperezDZMM/status/1321283167098028033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Umabot din daw sa 41 porsyento na mga bata ang nagsabing umiiral ang pisikal at sikolohikal na pamamaraan ng parusa sa kanilang mga tahanan. </p><p>Nasa 14 porsyento naman ng mga batang may kapansanan ang may pagbaba ng estado ng mental health. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/16/20/unicef-ensure-safety-well-being-of-children-during-covid-19-crisis">UNICEF: Ensure safety, well-being of children during COVID-19 crisis</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/17/20/pandemic-threatens-child-education-health-gains-world-bank">Pandemic threatens child education, health gains: World Bank</a></li></ul><p>Sinisikap naman ng Department of Education (DepEd) na maaksyunan ang concerns kaugnay sa modules ngayong ipinatutupad ang distance learning. </p><p>“Pag-aaralan po namin ang lahat ng mga feedback hindi lamang ng ating mga mag-aaral at pati na ung mga teachers natin, kung kailangan magkaroon ng adjustments, gagawin po namin ’yon,” sabi ni DepEd Asec. Alma Ruby Torio. </p><p>Payo naman ng National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) sa mga magulang at guardian, pakinggan ang mga bata at hayaan silang maglabas ng kanilang mga saloobin. </p><p>“Importante po ‘yong mararamdaman nila na ‘pag nasa bahay sila, nanay nila ay kampante, ‘yong mga kapatid nila ay kampante, everyone in the house is just doing their own thing as normally as possible, then they take their cues from them,” ani Frances Prescilla Cuevas, national program manager ng NCMH. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1BC1nJlmCWo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Samantala, umabot naman na sa 29,420 ang mga batang tinamaan ng COVID-19 as of Oktubre 25, ayon sa CWC. </p><p>Paliwanag ni Uy, 25,550 sa mga ito ang gumaling na sa sakit, habang 140 naman ang naitalang mga nasawi. </p><p>Sa Nobyembre ipagdiriwang ang National Children&#x27;s Month na may temang “Sama-samang Itaguyod ang Karapatan ng Bawat Bata sa Panahon ng Pandemya.”</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/21/20/deped-finalizing-policy-on-child-protection-for-distance-learning">DepEd finalizing policy on child protection for distance learning</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/13/20/surge-in-child-mortality-forecast-in-pandemic-hit-developing-countries">Surge in child mortality forecast in pandemic-hit developing countries</a></li></ul>

<p>Bukod sa physical health, may epekto rin ang pandemya sa mental at psychosocial health ng mga bata, ayon sa Council for the Welfare of Children. </p>

Bukod sa physical health, may epekto rin ang pandemya sa mental at psychosocial health ng mga bata, ayon sa Council for the Welfare of Children.

54% ng mga bata nangangamba, malungkot sa kabila ng pandemya, ayon sa child welfare office

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54% ng mga bata nangangamba, malungkot sa kabila ng pandemya, ayon sa child welfare office

Arra Perez,

ABS-CBN News

Published Oct 28, 2020 07:40 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 28, 2020 08:49 PM PHT

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