In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic created a serious challenge for the grantees, rightsholder groups, and Linking and Learning implementing team due to restrictions on mass gatherings and mobility, and enforcement of physical / social distancing. As a result, the 2020 NCOS was re-designed from a 3-day conference style event to a month-long series of online Linking and Learning activities using social media and other online platforms to further support the emerging needs of the grantees in terms of advocacy building and sustaining connections and support within the Voice PH community. The activities were all done online, which paved the way for adopting the new normal of nonface-to- face online interactions. It was also a strong message of Voice’s presence and support during those difficult times.
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We used storytelling as a facilitation technique as learned in Linking and Learning, to better explain the new normal way of doing things and for cascading learnings on the community and grassroots level.” - Voice Grantee
Linking and Learning is the right place to address the need to learn about the new situation and new environment, to stay empowered and learn new strategies to deal with the new normal. It also makes you confident that you are doing the right thing.” - Voice Grantee
The main activities of the 2020 NCOS included the Online Marketplace which helped the grantees amplify their voices and open lines of communications and connections with other organizations with similar advocacies and interests. It helped determine RHG issues in terms of political, economic, technological, their needs and uncertainties, and the ongoing trends relative to their advocacies during the pandemic. Their inputs were used for the making of the creative content which was featured weekly through Voice and YGOAL’s social media accounts. Weekly digest posts were made to highlight the weekly gallery, and weekend livestream Wrap-Ups were conducted to talk about the weekly gallery and explain the message. This also became an avenue to encourage the public to check the online galleries.
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