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ANNUAL REPORT
HE EDITORIAL TEAM
Content Ms. Teresita L. Silva, MSW Ms. Maribel D. Flores Dr. Herbert Quilon Carpio Photos Ms. Mylene Lagman Ms. Tracy Cruz Layout and Graphics Dr. Herbert Quilon Carpio
President and Executive Director Assistant Executive Director/ Communications Coordinator Physician/ Program Coordinator for Health and Medical Services
CHILDHOPE ASIA PHILIPPINES, INC. 1210 Penafrancia Extension Paco, Manila 1007 Philippines Phone: +63 2 563 4647 +63 2 561 7118 Telefax: +63 2 563 2242 Website : http://www.childhope.org.ph E-mail : chap@childhope.org.ph childhopeasia@yahoo.com
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RGANIZATIONAL
ACKGROUND
Childhope Asia Philippines (CHAP) is a non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian organization whose principal purpose is to advocate for the cause of street children throughout the world. It works toward the liberation of the child from the suffering caused by working and living on the street. CHILDHOPE was founded in 1986 by individuals from children's agencies who saw the need for an international effort specifically on behalf of street children. Its Board of Directors included representatives from international children's agencies and individuals who work directly with street children. CHILDHOPE Regional Office for Asia was established in July 1989 after the First Regional Conference of Street Children in Asia held in Manila in May 1989. Participants in the conference recognized CHILDHOPE as the organization that will initiate networking and collaboration among the different agencies working for street children in the Southeast Asian region. In 1991, it started to respond to requests for information and technical assistance from South Asia. In 1995, CHILDHOPE officially became CHILDHOPE ASIA PHILIPPINES, Inc. as registered under the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among the organizations functions are: To facilitate and conduct research about the situation, case studies, and evaluation on street children; To advocate the plight of street children who work and live on the streets; To conduct regional training and country level workshops, seminars and field study visits among staff and volunteers of street children programs; To establish a global network, an opportunity for programs which work with street children to communicate among themselves and gain access to information, technical assistance and other resources; To develop a databank of information on street children; To coordinate and facilitate technical and financial assistance to projects working with street children or on preventive initiatives with their families and community.
CHAP ANNUAL REPORT I. OUTREACH & PROTECTION/ EDUCATION ON THE STREETS PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND
CHAPs banner program is the Outreach and Protection/ Education on the Streets Program, or aptly called Street Education Program. In 2012, a total of thirty-three (33) Street Educators composed of social workers, teachers and values formation facilitators assisted street children by providing them direct access to basic social services such as counseling, alternative basic education, basic literacy and numeracy, medical assistance, sports and recreation, legal protection, and referral services. At the start of the year, the program continued its daily operations in twenty (20) areas within seven (7) major cities all over Metro Manila (see Table 1). In July, CHAP entered a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Brgy. San Lorenzo, Makati City to assist street children in Pasay Road and Dasmarinas Village. Two (2) street educators were assigned in the said area to conduct profiling of street children for two (2) months (Phase I). Implementation of Phase II, which includes the conduct of the Street Education Program, was suspended due to financial constraints and a shift in priority activities by the barangay officials for the upcoming local elections. Within the 3rd quarter of this year, CHAP officially closed the Street Education Program at Santolan, Marikina. This was done since most of the street children in the said area are already assisted by three (3) other NGOs which has the same services as CHAP: Kuya Center for Street Children, Childrens Garden, and Love International. Likewise, individuals and group volunteers also conduct values formation, as well as basic literacy and numeracy in the said area. To assure the welfare of the children, CHAP coordinated a meeting with the aforementioned NGOs to properly notify them of our organizations closing of its operations in Santolan.
Figure 2. Distribution of beneficiaries according to social category Fifty eight percent (58%) of street children served were males while 42% were females. About 69% of the beneficiary street children reached and served were children of families living on the streets, 25% were completely abandoned (living alone on the streets), and 6% were community-based or working children.
Number of Street Children Assisted in (2012) Male Female Total 392 286 678 260 173 433 247 171 418 206 150 356 168 97 265 143 102 245 232 167 399 146 87 233 109 81 190 137 72 209 101 61 162 92 73 165 331 209 540
Note that there was a general decline in the number of street children who have been given alternative education sessions. This relative decrease may be attributed to several reasons. First, some street children have already completed multiple modules/sessions and have also attended several FGD sessions. However, our present database is programmed to report only the unduplicated number of
VALUES EDUCATION A total of 678 street children participated in Values Education sessions/ Focused Group Discussions during the reporting period. The facilitators also continue to conduct Values Education sessions among the street mothers in the areas. Catholic street children participants continue to avail of free services from the Nuestra Seora de Guia (Ermita) Parish Church, Minor Basilica de San Lorenzo Ruiz, San Roque Parish, and Our Lady of the Airways Parish to prepare to receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and First Communion, among others. The Caloocan Bible Baptist Church continuously conducts Value Education sessions among 15 street children in the area. While two (2) brothers from Canossian Seminary also conduct Values Education sessions among 15 street children in the Balintawak area every Saturday. The street children also attend a once a month formation session, sports and recreation activities in the Seminary.
PHYSICAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES A total of 667 children participated in various physical and sports activities, including sports clinics organized by different CHAP partners/ groups. During the conduct of these sports sessions, aside from keeping them fit, street children are taught values such as team work, respect and self-discipline. Furthermore, through their participation in competitive sports, the children experienced and realized how to overcome adversities such as losing to an opponent. These are all crucial life skills that help build resilience of children as they grow to be adults. In partnership with High Five Hope Foundation in the United States, the 6th Annual High Five Hope Sports Festival for Street Children was conducted. A total of 372 street children participated in the sports fest. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum on March 30, 2012 and June 2, 2012 respectively.
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Through Financial Education sessions, the street educators continue to educate street children beneficiaries on the value of money and its proper use, and to motivate them to develop the habit of saving for future use. The following table lists the trainings conducted and their outcomes. Table 4. Outcome of service skills trainings conducted TRAININGS CONDUCTED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS Haircutting 15 Balloon Design Silk screen Printing 9 10
OUTCOME Practicing skills with other children in their respective areas 4 were already employed Commissioned to do silk screen printing on uniforms used by children during the Sports Fest 2012 8 underwent on-the-job training at Manila Manpower Development 3 presently assisting in a cellular phone repair stand 1 was hired as a crew member in a fast food establishment 7 underwent a 4-day on-the-job training 8 out of 9 who were qualified to take the certificate exam from TESDA passed
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Among 38 participants who regularly attend the Financial Education sessions, 34 continue to save money.
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Number of Street Children Assisted (2012) Male 140 101 28 Female 89 61 19 Total 229 162 47
Basic Literacy and Numeracy (BLAN) Basic Literacy Program (BLP) Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E)
Among the reasons for closure are as follows: 1) high mobility of the street children participants, 2) lack of training of new street educators in implementing the modules, 3) poor motivation of the children in attending the classes conducted, and 4) relentess rescue operations carried out by the local social welfare departments in conjunction with the LGUs. Twenty (20) street children from Ermita, Lawton, Luneta/ TM Kalaw and Binondo/ Divisoria and Delpan areas continue to attend Basic Literacy and Numeracy/ tutorial sessions conducted by UP Manil as Pahinungod every Saturday. Thirty five (35) street children under the joint project of CHAP, Malayan Insurance Company and Binondo Catholic Church continue to attend the ALS-BLP sessions everyday from Monday to Friday. Last November, 24 children took the DepEd A&E examination. The results of the exam will be published in print and in the DepEd website in March 2013.
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It is very important to take note of the well child consultations during clinic operations. The impact of this is manifold. First, effective primary health care programs will show an increase in the number of children seen without illness and are hence able to learn well and enjoy activities even better. Second, this entails the impact of a positive behavioral change among CHAPs beneficiaries. Now, the children put high value on their own health that they wanted to be checked up by the physician to be sure that they are illness-free. Contributory to these is the continuous rapport brought about by the constancy of the MHC staff, particularly the MHC physician who has been with the project since August 2007.
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About 70 street children beneficiaries under the Street education Program also participated in the daily Nutrition/Feeding Program spearheaded by CHAP, in partnership with the Childrens Ministry of the Nuestra Senora De Guia Parish in Ermita, Manila. All children participants have been noted to gain weight during the programs implementation.
The Junior Health Workers Project has been an integral part of the success of CHAPs Health and Medical Services. The Junior Health Workers presence in various areas lead to greater availability of first aid and primary care services, as well as better compliance to treatment protocols, especially among the sick abandoned and neglected street children.
Table 7. JHW accomplishments for 2012 Number of Children Given First Aid Services Number of children assisted with referrals to local health centers/hospitals Number of health education sessions conducted
1,885 58 218
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PARALEGAL ASSISTANCE
Only one case was reported, requiring 3 visits to the police for coordination, wherein the street educator accompanied the relatives of the child to the police station where he was detained for alleged theft. This notable decrease in cases requiring paralegal assistance was due to the continued orientation and discussion sessions on child rights and related laws facilitated by Street Educators among the different sectors, such as barangay leaders, law enforcers, police, and jeepney drivers, among others.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Our street children beneficiaries participated in several activities conceptualized by volunteers. Among them are childrens parties, performance and visual arts workshops, feeding programs, regular sports clinics, retreats, gift-giving, and immersion activities, headed by individuals, student groups, corporate group partners and the like.
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RESEARCH STUDY
Case Study of the Peoples Network for the Protection of Children (PNPC) : Building Communitybased Systems for Child Protection in theNational Capital Region (NCR), has been finalized and completed. The Research project was supported by UNICEF Manila and National Council of Social Development. The project aims to document an alternative model in organizing a community-based structure for the protection of children and identifies what happens with a barangay as a result of an organization of a peoples network for the protection of children and how the networkfunctions and sustain itself. Its purpose was to examine the process and the effects of organizing the community leaders and members and to the children who are the beneficiaries of the organization as well as the whole barangay. The end goal of the study was to explore the goals that a child protection network must be initiated in each community, and that this change the way a community prevents child abuse and protects childrens rights.
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STAFF DEVELOPMENT
In 2012, the Street Educators and program staff participated in several training seminars and other capacity-building activities which enabled them to perform their tasks more effectively and efficiently. The following table lists the in-house and external trainings attended by the staff:
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A total of 97 staff from Childhope, FCED and Tahanan Sta. Luisa joined the Staff Summer Outing held on May 29, 2012 at Vistamar Beach Resort, Anilao, Batangas. Team building activities were conducted to further enhance inter-personal and working relationship among the staff. The joint Childhope/FCED/Tahanan Sta Luisa Christmas party was held in December 18, 2012. A total of 78 staff from the 3 organizations attended the activity where they enjoyed the fun games, raffles, gift giving, group dance presentations and food.
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COIN CANS
The following are our new Coin Can Project partners in 2012: Rustans Supercenter Inc. Land Bank of the Philippines With the addition of the above-mentioned partners, CHAP was able to raise a a total amount of Php 104,813.00 for this year.
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MEDIA FEATURE
In 2012, CHAP was featured in the following: 4 newspapers (Business World, Manila Bulletin, Phil. Star, MEDIC of UP) 2 websites (GMA News and Embassy of Japan) 7 TV programs including life stories of Ms. Silva and Butch Nerja (GMA 7, GMA News TV, ABS CBN, UNTV)
V. ADMINISTRATION
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dr. Jaime Galvez Tan Mr. John Victor Tence Ms. Teresita L. Silva Atty. Darwin Mariano Mr. Vitaliano Nanagas II Mr. Sherwin O Ms. Therese Badoy-Capati Ms. Didit Van Der Linden Chairperson Vice Chairperson President Corporate Secretary Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Member Member
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