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PlayOnside and UNESCO for the Global COVID-19 Response

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Partnership with uNESCO

The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has forced PlayOnside to rethink, readapt and readjust our program, adapted to the continuously changing regulations and needs of the local communities we work with. 

As regular education at the migrant learning centers are postponed for the foreseeable future, PlayOnside is focusing on the collaborative home-based learning program together with other local educational partners. The influx consequences of the pandemic are not only affecting the education of the migrant children, but also the income, mobility and the safety within the migrant communities. A support from UNESCO to face these challenges are therefore very welcome. UNESCO – Bangkok is financing parts of the PlayOnside Emotional Resilience Program for migrant children and youth.

As schools are closed,  a virtual learning environment (VLE) is  one potential substitute. However, there are challenges related to access to internet for most migrant children, we need to find other ways to provide, and VLE is thus not an adequate substitute for regular education.

Left: PlayOnside is focusing on individualized home-based learning.

For the long-term, PlayOnside have great expectations for this project. To provide quality football and life skills training in this area has been a goal for the organization for a long time. Now we have the facilities needed to do so, and PlayOnside as an organizations is bigger and stronger than ever before. That means we have the tools and resources to play an important part of the educational progress of the migrant children of Phop Phra.

For the long-term, PlayOnside have great expectations for this project. To provide quality football and life skills training in this area has been a goal for the organization for a long time. Now we have the facilities needed to do so, and PlayOnside as an organizations is bigger and stronger than ever before. That means we have the tools and resources to play an important part of the educational progress of the migrant children of Phop Phra.

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