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Displaced by war in 2017, internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Marawi City in southern Philippines continue to face severe economic challenges, seriously undermining their mealtime-related affairs. This article examines the extent to which displacement has negatively impacted activities or practices related to mealtime preparation, the actual family meal or commensality and the frequency of mealtimes among the IDPs. Findings were drawn from fourteen IDP couples who participated in in-depth interviews. Results indicate that displacement has caused a serious decline in economic resources, which, in turn, has translated into less participation in meal preparation, decreasing quality and quantity of food served at the meal table, less enthusiastic involvement in mealtimes, and irregular family meals. The article argues that conflict and the displacement it causes impact not only the food itself but all that is related to its preparation and consumption within the household. The study suggests that examining the broader context of mealtime-related activities and practices offers a wider understanding of how IDPs suffer displacement in the context of kitchen and meal table environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines essential factors that affect children' quality of response towards a non-traditional learning platform specifically, self-learning modules (SLMs) as Philippine public school's mode of service-learning delivery. Our objective is to determine the predictive power of access to internet, household food security, and parental involvement on the level of students' engagement in these modular classes amid the health crisis. Drawing online responses from parents of public-school students (n=359), our regression analysis confirms the viability of our model F(3,355) = 19.2, p<.001. While we found that food security and parental involvement are predictors of students' satisfactory engagement in their SLMs, internet access is not. Therefore, our model suggests that children with parents who take time to be involved in their studies and who reside in households with enough food are more likely to engage positively in their modular classes, whether or not the household has access to the internet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines food conditions among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the southern Philippines. This aims to highlight the experience of food availability, accessibility and utilization as significant components of the household food security concept among people who lost their communities and sources of income due to war. The study also explores the consequences of food insecurity or hardship to the lives of the family members. Key informant interviews (KII) were conducted among 10 household heads to gather the qualitative data and quantitative data was provided by 306 respondents to the survey questionnaire. Both results reflect poor food security status, requiring coping strategies and affecting familial dynamics among other things. The study reechoes earlier findings that internal displacement predicts not only household food insecurity but also decreased mental well-being and reduced personal motivation. Mindful of these facts, a considerable range of services and assistance must be extended to the IDPs including food, livelihood, and psychological interventions. The study ultimately hopes to put pressure on the state legislature of the Philippines for the immediate enactment of specific law that protects Filipino IDPs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]