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Social Distancing, Quarantines and Isolation

3/20/2020

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There are three ways we can help prevent the spread of Coronavirus.They are: Social Distancing, Isolation and Quarantine. But what do those terms mean, and when do they apply?

(source: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/16/816490025/quarantine-self-isolation-social-distancing-what-they-mean-and-when-to-do-them).
 
 
The difference between self-quarantining and self-monitoring
 
Before we tackle the three ways we mentioned earlier, let us first determine the difference between self-quarantine and self-monitoring.  There's a bit of overlap but both strategies have one goal: to keep people who have been exposed, or who might have been exposed, away from others as much as possible for at least 14 days. Fourteen days is considered the incubation period of COVID-19, although symptoms can appear within a few days of exposure.
 
Self-monitoring might include regularly checking your temperature and watching for signs of a respiratory illness, such as fever, cough or shortness of breath, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It also involves limiting interaction with others.
 
Self-quarantine is a step up from self-monitoring because the person at risk of infection — even though the person still doesn't have symptoms ― had a higher chance of exposure.
 
Quarantining means staying home and away from other people as much as possible for that 14-day period. People in this circumstance who don't live alone should do their best to retreat to their room or find a separate area in their home, and they shouldn't go out shopping, eating or socializing.
 
What does Isolation mean?
 
A diagnosis of COVID-19 triggers isolation.
 
"Isolation is when you are sick, either at home or in the hospital," says Benjamin. "Infectious disease precautions are then much more rigid than in self-quarantine."
 
Medical staff, for example, wear gear that is more protective. In addition, the person in isolation would be asked to wear a mask when leaving their room or traveling from home to a medical facility — to try to prevent spreading droplets that might contain the virus.


What is a quarantine?
 

This is when — under state or federal law — individuals or groups are essentially on lockdown. Recent examples include passengers from cruise ships where other passengers fell ill with COVID-19; those passengers who didn't fall ill on the ship were then required to stay at military bases for 14 days to see if they developed the disease.
 
The U.S. hasn't closed off entire areas — such as towns or cities — since the 1918-1919 Spanish flu. But the federal government and the states do have the power to do so.
In New Rochelle, N.Y., officials have established a "containment zone" because of a high number of COVID-19 cases in the region. School and houses of worship are closed and large gatherings barred. But it is not considered a quarantine because people can come and go.

 
What is social distancing?
 
This is a broad category. It means not shaking hands, avoiding crowds, standing several feet from other people and, most important, staying home if you feel sick.
Businesses are doing it when they ask employees to work from home or stagger work hours. Governments are doing it when they close schools. We're seeing it in the sports world, with no-spectator games or the postponement of sporting events. Museums, theaters and concert halls where large groups of people gather are closing their doors.
 
It means trying to find the least-crowded train car or possibly driving instead of taking mass transit.
 
"It's about taking stock, how closely you interact with people in day-to-day life," says Christopher Mores, a professor in the department of global health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. "Increase distances. Cut out handshakes. The idea is to try to empower people to break the lines of transmission."
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"Better Children for a better world."

3/5/2020

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The Alexis Louise Quiza Foundation story

​It all started with a dream to build a better world – one child at a time. 
We are Alexis Louise Quiza Foundation. And this is our story.
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Our 2020 Vision Board: A walk through

1/17/2020

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Walking you through ALQ Foundation's Vision for 2020

Recently, we posted a photo of our vision board on our social media pages. We mentioned what we hope to achieve this year in bullet-form as part of that post.

While the visual representation may seem enough, we feel that we owe it to our supporters to get a walk-through of the things we envision and hope to achieve this year.

​Since 2015, the Alexis Louise Quiza Foundation has become an instrument of love, hope and healing — not only to the children – but also to families in need.
 
And this is just the beginning.
 
In the following years, ALQ Foundation hopes to launch medical and dental missions in the Philippines. 
 
A livelihood program is also in the works for 2020, where families would have a shelter and access to crop and vegetation as means of income; a place for them to thrive and build a better future for their children.
 
Our goal is to provide sustainable growth to children and families by equipping them to lead healthier and better lives.

We are also hoping that our “Back-to-School” and “Feeding-our-Future” program would expand enough for us to be able to provide full scholarship or shoulder a child’s medical treatment until completion.
 
For our feeding programs, we remember starting with over 200 children back in 2015; then the numbers doubled (and tripled) collectively in the years that followed. Last year, we have fed 573 children in one feeding program. It was also the first time we held a Christmas feeding event for the residents of the International Children’s Advocate Inc. in Olongapo City which allowed us to serve 40 people. 

Our hope for 2020 is to work with more organizations and institutions with the same goal of providing hope, love and care for children. 

Under our CHAMP Program, we are hoping to hold more fundraisers and other events to raise more funds in order to achieve these plans.

--- All of these started with a dream which later became our vision. But with countless support and encouragement, our vision can turn into goals and before we knew it, our vision board would be a goal-board packed with more photos of smiling children, stories of lives that were changed and names of people who were divinely sent to us -- to  remind us that ALQ Foundation has a worthy cause and that somebody believes in it... in US.

As we close this post with hopeful hearts, we think of the years that have passed us by where we were surprised by how much God has strengthened us physically and emotionally and financially provided for us. We look forward to the years ahead of us starting this year. May the year 2020 be another great year for all of us especially for all the children who are destined to come our way and be part of our lives forever.




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The Road to Five Hundred Seventy Three

12/16/2019

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The Road to Five Hundred Seventy-Three

based on the recollections and memoirs of Joy Quiza.

We often find ourselves nostalgic when wexplain the reason why we named our outreach feeding program as “Feeding our Future.” There is a deeper meaning to it that goes beyond social altruism or a day’s activity that is to be checked-off the proverbial calendar of activities. 
 
We say “feeding” but we think of nourishment beyond what the stomach needs. When we think of “the future,” our minds reflect on every step, every journey, and every road that led us to where we are and where we want to be. 
 
There were roads we never thought we would pass again, let alone lead us to this: our largest feeding program to date – Five hundred seventy-three Aeta children of Nabuklod, Florida Pampanga. And the road to serving 573 kids took “three decades, four years and a day.”


THREE DECADES. It has been over three decades since I last saw an Aeta family before moving to Manila for college. For decades, I kept the dream of one day going back to reach out and help the Aeta families in my hometown.

​I remember growing up and seeing them every first of May which is our town’s “fiesta”. They would come down from the foot of Mt. Pinatubo where they live; little children in tow, and babies wrapped in a clothing that is tied around the mother's chest. They speak a dialect I never understood but find fascinating. 

They don’t read, don’t write. And, what for us, is common food such as fried chicken, hamburger, a pie and juice – to them is a feast they’ve never experienced – until the day our roads met. Mine as I go back to serve as an advocate and a mother continuing my daughter’s legacy. While theirs, still the same road they walk barefooted when I saw them last… Our paths have crossed once again. Three decades in the making but a lifetime worth of special memories.

​FOUR YEARS. Four years of carrying our mission to be a beacon of hope to children who are abandoned, lost and abused. Throughout those four monumental years, we’ve gained more supporters, members, partners and volunteers. As we gain, we also lost a lot of sleep, and (sometimes) the energy and physical strength as age catches up on us. But we kept going. And on our fourth year, the “Feeding our Future” program for the Aeta children reminded us why we keep doing what we are doing. Doing great things for the children keeps us young at heart, grounded and humbled in every respect.

​A DAY. We only had a day to serve 573 children. But what does “a day” mean to them? It meant having to experience “a feast” and open presents. It meant slipping on to new slippers to protect their feet from the steep and rocky road they travel on everyday. It meant being remembered and cared for.  A day with us meant “the future” to them. One where we, as an organization, plan to be part of. And we will be.
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​The “road to five hundred seventy-three” was rough and challenging at best. A road less-travelled but ultimately rewarding when you think about it. The look of bliss and utmost appreciation on the faces of those children are just too beautiful to bear. Those smiles that shake you to your core and you find yourself overcome with the need to hold their hand and promise that you’d stay in their life...because they are worth it.
 
The road that led us to 573 beautiful souls is a journey that was set in heaven. A longtime dream that was granted by Him who is neither early or late in blessing His children.
 
 It took three decades, four years and a day. And we wouldn’t have it any other way.

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ALQ Foundation's new tagline

12/6/2019

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Better Children. Better World

Since 2015, the Alexis Louise Quiza Foundation has become an instrument of love, hope and healing — not only to the children – but also to families in need.
 
And this is just the beginning. 

Our goal is to provide sustainable growth to children and families by equipping them to lead healthier and better lives. 

All of these started with a dream.
 
But with your countless support and encouragement, our dream to become a beacon of hope for children who are abandoned, lost and abused, is now within our reach.                                            

​Alexis Quiza once wrote: “I am a part of something that could change the world – one service, one mile, or one penny at a time.”
 
In her LITTLE ways, she made a BIG difference to the world.
 
She believed…because she had hope.
 
For us, who have known and experienced tremendous loss,
 
It is HOPE that got us through. And hope is what we will give.
 
With your support, we can heal this planet. One child at a time
 
Join us in raising up better children for a better world.



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Triple T "Giving Tuesday" Day!

12/3/2019

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#INSPOWEDNESDAYS

11/13/2019

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Throwback Thursdays

11/2/2019

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Here are some of the things we love to do and remember. Have a great weekend! #tgif #alqfoundationcares #alqthrowback
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A Preview: Getting to know Sebastian Sidi and Joe Shashaty

10/29/2019

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Getting to know the Stars of our "Jazz Night" Event

Only 21 days left 'til 'the "La-La Land experience" we've been waiting for. But before we all get mesmerized by these talented jazz artists for A Night in Hollywood,  we want to give you taste of what – rather, who – you'd be spending this 'special night' with. 

Here's a bit of background of our guests, Sebastian Sidi and Joe Shashaty.

A Night in Hollywood is happening Thursday, November 21, 2019 is our Annual Fundraiser that will be held in the famous “Catalina Jazz Club”.  
Sebastian Sidi
Sebastian Sidi was born in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay. He then moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of 7 with his mother Miriam, father Eduardo and older brother Ernesto. ​ ​source:sebastiansidi.com

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Infographic: Quality Learning Starts at Home

10/23/2019

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One of ALQ Foundation's outreach programs involves providing educational materials such as books and school supplies. And while we believe the huge impact there is on children to have access to early education, we also promote the fact that their first (and primary) school is inside the home because " Quality Learning starts at home." This simple infographic by qualitystartla.org  will help us get started on teaching our children at home.

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