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Children on the streets make up approximately 75% of the street children in the Philippines. They work on the streets but do not live there. They generally have a home to return to after working, and some even continue to attend school while working long hours on the streets. Children of the street make their homes on the street. They make up ...
The Children's Shelter of Cebu works in co-operation with the Philippine government's Department of Social Welfare and Development. Children are placed for adoption through the Philippine government's Department of Social Welfare and Development. The Shelter works to provide supportive services to the families to help them take back their children.
White Cross Orphanage is a child caring agency in San Juan, Philippines that provides temporary shelter for children, who are 0–6 years old. Accredited by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (), it gives refuge to children of unwed mothers, indigent families, tuberculosis patients, mentally or physically-incapacitated parents, prisoners, or victims of incest or rape. [1]
Out of the country's population of about 106 million, an estimated 4.5 million were homeless according to the Philippine Statistics Authority; of these 3 million were in the capital Manila. [4] [5] Causes of homelessness include poverty and destruction of homes due to natural calamities [6] and climate change. [7]
MANILA (Reuters) - A massive fire swept through a crowded shanty town near the docks in Manila, destroying houses and leaving 15,000 people homeless, authorities in the Philippine capital said on ...
This is a list of charities in the Philippines. CharityPhilippines.org [1] Angat Buhay Foundation (formally Angat Pinas, Inc.) Bantay Bata 163; Children's Shelter of Cebu; NGITI Association; Fairplay For All Foundation [2] Gawad Kalinga; Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko; SM Foundation [3] Maharlika Charity Foundation; Roots of Health
It’s not clear how many elderly are homeless, but the number of Filipinos aged 60 and above has doubled over the last 20 years to more than 9 million, or about eight percent of the population ...
ASVP began with 33 wards, specifically homeless or orphaned girls. Later on, it expanded its services into providing education and trade training to young girls, particularly in embroidery and needlework, which has become a distinction of the institution.