By Fanette Guichard | Communication and Fundraising Manager
What's up in Bacolod City, Philippines?
Thanks to ALL OF YOU, our amazing friends and supporters, we raised over US$6,000 during GlobalGiving Open Challenge last April. However our fundraising campaign is not over yet as our final goal is to reach US$20,000 in order to successfully support the street children in Bacolod City, Philippines.
Since the beginning of the year, we have been able to design and conduct educational and recreational activities, which are vital for the individual development of these kids. At the Social Development Center (SDC), we have facilitated the launching of the Alternative Learning System (ALS). It aims at providing out-of-school children with basic education in order to enable their future reintegration into the formal education system. Besides tutoring sessions, film and documentary showing are completing the ALS program. A comprehensive vocational training & lifeskills program has also been designed and offers the children various activities such as: macramé, cooking/food processing, organic gardening, mats making, etc. Art and music therapy, aikido and other sports activities have been introduced and/or reinforced to specifically promote the individual physical and emotional development of the kids. In addition, psychology support is provided to enhance the children's creativity, cooperation and thinking skills, helping on their social and emotional concerns, regaining their self-esteem and facilitating their social integration, teaching them about their social roles and responsibilities, and developing coping skills.
Our team has been devoting time and energy to help the local staff building a safer and healthier environment and a particular focus has been set on nutrition and sanitation. The children are being provided with personal hygiene supplies on a daily basis. In collaboration with the city authorities, the toilets and the shower rooms are under construction at the SDC, while the dorms will soon be renovated, along with the kitchen. A waste and water management program is being designed to allow better sanitation conditions and prevent the common diseases affecting the children in the Philippines. An activity room has also been renovated at the center and it is a perfect match for aikido practice as it requires a calm and remote setting.
As part of our specific program to help the street children, a new HOST-NGO volunteer will be conducting this month a mission of two weeks emphasizing on answering these kids’ needs and offering training and support to the team on-field. The mission objectives will include four thematics: hygiene & sanitation awareness, education & social development, waste management, as well as team building and training.
How to get involved!
You are wondering how YOU could get involved and how YOU could contribute to changing the life of these vulnerable kids?!!
Well, a simple donation of $15 (€11.50) will help us buy a set of clothing for one kid living in the streets, or whose family can’t afford it.
By giving clothes to a kid, YOU allow him to raise his/her self-esteem and be able to envision better life opportunities.
By dressing him/her, YOU encourage him/her to go to school without being ashamed of him/herself and his/her own family…
Helping a child experiencing a better future starts right there: $15. And we know, YOU can do that and YOU want to!
Of course, if YOU have free time, YOU are more than welcome to join us on the field and either visit our project and beneficiaries or even volunteer with us. Feel free to contact our team for more information (contact@host-ngo.org).
GlobalGiving Bonus Day on June 12th, 2013
GlobalGiving is launching a Partner Rewards Bonus Day this Wednesday, June 12th. Online donations of up to $1,000 per donor, made to our project “Remove 500 Filipino children from the streets”, will be matched 30% starting at 9:00 am EDT (3:00 pm in France) on June 12th.and ending at 11:59 pm on the same day (5:00 am on June, 13th in France).
GlobalGiving will be matching $0.30 each and every dollar donated online during that timeframe. For instance, a donation of $100 will be raised to $130 by GlobalGiving… So do not hesitate to take advantage of this Bonus Day to help the disadvantaged children in the Philippines!
HOST-NGO team and beneficiaries would like to warmly thank you in advance for your generous and loyal support!
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