MANILA, Philippines —Before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted daily life, the soccer field at St. John Bosco Parish in Tondo, Manila, provided students in the youth center a tender respite from the urban jungle.
The field was hardly pedicured — just a stretch of rough land that got muddy when it rained and cracked during the summer — but a number of students flocked there to play after school or to chill in the shade of nearby trees for a bite or a chat.
The goalposts and worn soccer balls are gone now, with the pandemic forcing students out of classrooms and into distance learning. The soccer field, however, has been transformed into a vegetable garden — and an…
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