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Child abuse is a growing concern all over the world. Over a 7-year period, from
1986-1993, the estimated number of abused or neglected children rose up from 931,000
to 1,553,800 (Deacon Joseph-Internet Material). In the Philippines, particularly in
Region I, the estimated average number of reported child abuse cases at the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in 1998 was 219 and has been dramatically
increasing each year. In Dagupan City alone for the year 2002, there had been 123
reported cases at the DSWD. These are only the reported statistics, which may only
reflect the tip of the iceberg. What is more alarming is the bulk of unreported cases of
suffering children untouched by the Gospel.
The moral fiber of the children is alarming. Some of them sleep in groups, and all
of them have been exposed to indecency and immorality from their parents and the older
people they associate with, sex among them is casual at a very young age. Most of the
young girls have been sexually molested by their peers, others indulge in it, while other
are raped by the older children. Many of the children are forced to take solvent or rugby
to dull the pains of hunger because one plastic bag of rugby, when inhaled would cause
the child not to eat for the whole day. In most cases, the children get their food from the
garbage bags of Jollibee and McDonalds or they steal to get money for food. Thus, they
are malnourished and infested with worms. They steal clothes from stores and their night
life extends to 4:00 oclock in the morning. Many of the village children are the silent
victims of abuse.
In the region, there are no Christian organizations that are actively involved in
providing a long term solution to this grave social problem, especially in the province of
Pangasinan, and even within the whole area of Region I. The Christ Our Life Ministries
through its social outreach organization, the Kalinga ng Ama Shelter for Children
supports the Street Children rehabilitation not only in Pangasinan, but in various parts of
the Philippines like the Ilocos, Manila and Cebu . Most of the young people the Kalinga
Shelter have counseled over the years had been victims of molestation or incest during
their childhood years but defenseless and vulnerable as they were, they suffered in silent
pain. Thus, the community based projects designed for parents and adults as well is to
bring the Gospel of Salvation to them. Poverty is the major cause of child neglect and
abuse and there are cases where the child has to be separated from his/her family for
his/her benefit. The Kalinga Shelter provides an alternative home for the child who has
to be separated from his/her family for a while so he/she can be helped.
The Shelters vision is to provide an alternative home for homeless children and
distressed individuals where they can grow spiritually, mentally, socially and physically
in order to obtain a secure future and improved ability to succeed with faith in Gods
Word as their foundation.
Its Mission is to provide essential services to children 3-18 years of age in distress
or in need of care, supervision, counseling and shelter, drop-in or residential in a
Christian environment and to aid and assist children who are destitute, homeless,
abandoned or otherwise in need, to become God-loving, wholesome and productive
citizen of our country.
Clientele
The Shelter is not restricted to serve the needs of children but its scope of
operation involves ministering to other beneficiaries like the following:
For purposes of this proposal, the needs of the street children is given top priority.
3. To provide temporary care for problem children who are in need of character
development and values formation training;
4. To provide community services for the prevention of child abuse, drug abuse,
and juvenile delinquency through various programs and advocacy movements in schools
and barangays;
Strategies
In order to attain the goals and objectives indicated above, the following strategies
are identified to make the goals a reality:
This proposal is a social development project. Its impact can be measured by the
changed lives of the beneficiaries and also the actual implementation of the income-
generating projects that can be identified during the course of implementation of this
project.
This project is very much relevant to local and national development plans due to
the fact that it address the concerns of disadvantaged in our society especially the abused
children, women and adults. It concerns also the upliftment of the quality of life of the
beneficiaries not only economically but also emotionally, physically and spiritually.
One of our local and national development agenda is to address poverty in the
countryside. The project targets not only poverty of the pocket but also poverty of the
mind and heart of its beneficiaries in order to ensure a real changed lives of its
beneficiaries.
Organizational Strengthening
The Kalinga ng Ama Shelter for Children will undertake the following steps for
organizational strengthening:
Project proposals shall be also submitted to local and international donors and
linkages for future implementation of support projects.
Local Participation
This project will insure the local participation of the some members of the Christ
Our Life Ministries, the Church organization who is fully supporting the personnel of this
project. The members usually assists in all the programs of the Kalinga Ng Ama Shelter
for Children identified in the Strategies of this proposal..
Tie-up with local schools like the Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation, San
Carlos City and PASS College in Alaminos City and PACTI shall also be continued. The
two schools support the medical/dental mission, feeding, child care and caregiving
concerns.
Tie-up with mayors, other elected officials, private individuals and non-
government organizations shall also be continued whenever there is a big impact project
in their municipalities like the medical/dental mission and feeding programs.
The project management, committees, and staff shall see to it that sound
environmental practices shall be undertaken in the implementation of the project.
Environmental practices on proper waste management, cleanliness, orderliness and
greening the environment shall be implemented and shall be taught to the children and
their families.
Since the Kalinga Ng Ama Shelter for Children is the only church-based non-
government organization who is implementing a wholistic (both physical, emotional and
spiritual aspects )intervention for street kids in its area of operation, the potential
replication of this project is encouraged to be implemented in other areas not only in the
Region but also in other parts of the country wherein there are no Centers who will
address the problems of street children.
Project Management
The project will follow the Organizational Structure of the Kalinga ng Ama
Shelter for Children. Attached as Annex A is the Organizational Structure of the Project.
However, a Project Committee shall be formed specifically to oversee the overall
implementation of the project as well as to evaluate and monitor the activities specified in
this proposal for project reporting, feedback and improvement. Areas that needs
improvements and corrections shall be addressed immediately by the Committee and best
practices of the project shall be replicated and shared with other would-be implementers.
Project reports and documentation shall be submitted to the funding institutions and to
other agencies that needs the reports like DSWD and PNP.
The following financial requirement of the project is projected for two years. This
can be broken down into 2 batches of annual releases:
IV. Recommendation
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