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Community Pantry: Revitalizing the “Bayanihan Spirit” of the Filipinos Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic

JOURNAL:MAZEDAN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

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1. Mark Lester C. Cuayzon 22 Mar 2021 MIJSSH0201002 16 0
Abstract

In the Philippines, the "Bayanihan Spirit" is one of the communal unities, helping others without expecting rewards, to achieve a specific goal. Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, rebuilding the "Bayanihan Spirit" has come to represent so much more that help made the community pantries in the Philippines. This research aimed as a source of information for the students, teachers, future researchers on knowing how the Community Pantry Movement means, how these affect the Filipino Values, and to enlighten us in understanding how the Community Pantry rebuilds the Filipino Values System. This study focused on revitalizing the "Bayanihan Spirit" among the Filipinos amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic and how this movement embodies the Filipino Values System. The study respondents were composed of five randomly selected individuals who initiated Community Pantries in the residences of Bicos, Rizal, Nueva Ecija. The researchers used the phenomenological approach method of qualitative research. An in-depth interview research design specifically the semi-structured interview was conducted with five people from Youth of Iglesia Filipina Indipendente in Bicos, Rizal Nueva Ecija. The respondents were purposively selected as participants using the non-probability sampling approach. The interviews were administered through email or web page. The findings of the study revealed that Community Pantry Movements have a big impact on the life of everyone and on the values of being a Filipino. Also, Community Pantry Movement was synonymous to teamwork or cooperation. Lastly, it revealed that the movement embodies Filipino Values System such as Bayanihan, sharing, and generosity.

Keywords

Covid-19, kinesiology, Filipino values, Bayanihan, Community Pantry

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