Project COVID Stories

22/04/2023

In Memoriam
Miles, greening guerilla and food champion.

Thank you for sharing your story with us. Sending you love and prayers. ⚘

16/03/2023

If we think about it, a healthful diet is made up of simple and natural food.

How is your diet looking so far?

15/03/2023

More than satisfying our hunger, food helps keep our health in check.

13/03/2023

Food is medicine. Our storytellers and their healers have attested to this. Now, it is the turn of our guest-nutritionist to tell us why and how. Watch out for our series of Q&A.

Roni Matalog is a nutrition coach for vegans and vegetarians and founded Plants & Purpose as an advocacy. She is a Registered Nutritionist- Dietitian and graduated from the University of the Philippines Los Banos. Roni earned her Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate from T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies of eCornell.

11/03/2023

It is time we shared with the world stories that show human spirit will always reign supreme over the "doom loop."

Today, March 11, is COVID-19 Day. This was the day that the World Health Organization [WHO] declared it a global pandemic. It is a moment to halt, reflect, remember, and gather together as a community to inspire one another to hope for better days ahead. Nothing speaks more powerfully about the human spirit than resilience — and resilience is what shines through all of the sadness and mind-numbing exhaustion of the COVID-19 pandemic.

07/03/2023

One can only imagine the pain of not being able to breathe. And yet, as Arlene has shown, it is possible to transcend it with the family's support.

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07/03/2023

COVID affects not just the physical but the emotional and mental aspects of a person.

In this excerpt, Nex talks about what kept her whole while she was sick.

04/03/2023

The lungs are susceptible to the novel coronavirus. Complications such as pneumonia put a lot of lives at risk.

In photo: The red cedar has been a source of natural remedy for respiratory illnesses among the indigenous Indians.

04/03/2023

Nature remains a healing force in sickness or in health.

04/03/2023

Belai, one of our storytellers, turns to her faith during the most difficult part of her illness.

24/02/2023

We know how difficult it is to recall the suffering that COVID brought to many of us. But we also believe that on the other side of suffering is joy.

We are grateful to our brave storytellers for sharing with and trusting us with their pain and healing.

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22/02/2023

Our body has proven to be the best gauge of our health during the pandemic. It is never wrong and does not lie.

Did you find out you had COVID the same way?