Street children are minors who live and

survive on the streets. They often grow

up in public landfills, train stations, our
under the bridges of the world’s major
cities. Because of conflicts with their
family, these children don’t want to or
can’t return home.
Some factors why the
number of street children
are increasing:
 The Department of  It implements programs
Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD)
reiterated its
commitment to help
protect the rights and
well-being of street
children in the wake of
the observance of
International Day of
Street Children on April
12. It has been reported
that there are at least
250,000 street children
in the Philippines.
and services for the I
sector presented their
four-points call to action
to the DSWD. They
called on the DSWD and
other government
agencies to uphold
equality, protect every
child, provide street
children access to
services, and create new
solutions for street
children and the issues
they confront because of
poverty.
 These give emphasis to  This is the vision of
the necessity for the
public to recognize,
respect, and uphold the
rights of street children
to be treated fairly, be
protected, be given
access to different
government services
and, for all sectors of
society to come
together to find
solutions to the issues
and concerns
encountered by street
children.
Department of Social
Welfare and
Development (DSWD)
and Department of
Education (DepEd) as
they launch Kariton
Klasrum with the theme
“Katropa, Edukasyon at
Kalusugan Mo’y Sagot
ko! Sakay na sa Kariton
ng Pagbabago!” last
April 18, 2013 in Ultra
Sports Complex, Pasig
City.
 Through combined  The project initially
efforts, DSWD and targets more than 3,000
DepEd hope to reach identified street
and educate every children in Metro
child in the country Manila. Kariton Klasrum
through traditional is made possible
and alternative through a partnership
learning systems so with the Dynamic Teen
that “no child will be Company (DTC),
left behind.” represented by CNN
Hero Efren Peñaflorida,
and other Civil Society
Organizations.
 DTC also hopes to lead,
train, and develop the
youth to enable them to
become good, productive,
and responsible citizens.
They hope to accomplish
these by providing youth
awareness projects, talent
enhancement programs,
self-development activities,
and community services.
Their objective is to
introduce the concept of
youth importance, self-
understanding, and teen
moral value.
 The Pantawid Pamilya is
also a social protection
strategy that invests in the
health and education of
poor children age 0-14
years old. It is widely
known as the Philippine
conditional cash transfer
program. As of April 3,
2013, the program has
3,841,992 household
beneficiaries, and operates
in 1,627 cities and
municipalities in 79
provinces in 17 regions
nationwide
CHILDHOPE ASIA PHILIPPINES
 Childhope aims to empower street children and their
families, and to help them to gain access to a more
developmental and productive future. Its banner program,
The Street Education and Protection Program (STEP)
believes in “education without borders”, where the
Alternative Education sessions seek to make a difference
in the lives of street children by giving them the
opportunities for holistic development as well as the ability
to learn to read and write. It provides for basic and urgent
needs to support and ensure the continuous and holistic
learning and development which include psychosocial
interventions, medical and health services, paralegal
assistance and skills training among street children.
Childhope assists them to develop the values they need
so they can grow up to become caring, confident,
responsible, and resilient members of society
MASAYA HOME VIRLANIE
FOUNDATION, INC.
 As soon as a child is entered
in one of the Virlanie Homes,
he/she will be provided with
various services and
programs to help empower
him/her and live life to the
fullest. This continues until
the child eventually moves
out of Virlanie through family
reunification, adoption, foster
care, or independent living.
Each stage of the
empowerment process is
based on three poles: social
work, education, and
psychology. These work hand
in hand to strategically guide
the development of each
child.
 The Residential Program
provides the children a home
where they can feel secured,
loved and taken care of
through Virlanie’s unique
family approach. The house
parents and house aunts are
in the home 24/7 to guide
them every step of the way.
The children are provided
with their basic needs such as
food, clothing, education, and
healthcare.
SAVE THE CHILDREN
PHILIPPINES
 Save the Children works hard to help
children gain access to quality education
and health services, support them in times
of great need, and protect them from risks
and harm. We work with the government in
developing policies, plan and budgets to
ensure that children, especially those living
in poor communities, have access to
quality basic services and have their rights
protected.
 Our generous supporters in the Philippines
and throughout the world help make our
work possible.
 Humanitarian  Health and
Response Nutrition
When disasters strike, We improve the health
we ensure that children of children and families
are given care and so children no longer
emotional support to die of preventable
survive, recover, and illnesses and live past
continue to learn and their fifth birthday.
live normal lives.
 Education  Childs' Rights &
We create greater Protection
access to quality We ensure that
education and ensure children are safe from
that girls and boys are abuse, exploitation and
able to learn in safe violence at all times,
and positive and have a say in
environments. government decisions
that affect their lives.
WORLD VISION PHILIPPINES
 Spiritual Nurture for Children
A five-year project aimed to provide
children and youth the opportunities to
participate in interactive learning events like
camps and workshops that promote
spiritual nurture and positive values. The
project also recognizes the importance of
family and the critical role of parents and
caregivers to be responsible in guiding the
children’s growth and building confidence.
Thus, a workshop dubbed Celebrating
Families was adapted especially for
parents and caregivers to appreciate God’s
loving plan for their families.
 Advocacy promotes justice for children
Advocating for the rights of children is an
essential part of World Vision’s work. We
advocate by promoting and influencing
policies to protect children, especially the
most vulnerable in poor communities.
World Vision‘s advocacy is anchored on
the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child (UN-CRC), which the
Philippine government is fully committed “to
ensure that the child is protected against all
forms of discrimination or punishment on
the basis of the status, activities, expressed
opinions, or beliefs of the child’s parents,
legal guardians, or family members” and to
“undertake all appropriate legislative,
administrative, and other measures for the
implementation of the rights recognized in
the convention”.
Good health is the foundation on
which a promising future is built.
Many children miss the
opportunity to reach their full
potential because they lack
access to proper health and
nutrition.
World Vision protects children
and mothers from malnutrition,
tuberculosis, HIV, and AIDS by
helping them have access to
nutritious food, clean water, good
hygiene and essential health
services.
We support the government’s
efforts to reduce malnutrition
among children in the Philippines
through targeted health and
nutrition programs.
We work with communities to
make sure that parents and their
children are well-nourished,
protected from infection and
disease, and have access to
clean water, basic sanitation, and
hygiene education. Our projects
help support mothers and their
children in their development
during the most critical period of
their growth.

SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGE
PHILIPPINES
 We provide a family-based
care to children who have
lost parental care, or to
those children whose best
interest is no longer to
remain in their families.
We work in the
communities to prevent
family breakdown which
often leads to child neglect
or abandonment. We work
closely with the
government and partners
to ensure that each child’s
right to family, protection,
education and health care
are fulfilled.
 We enable children to live
according to their own
culture and religion, and to
be active members of the
community. We help
children to recognize and
express their individual
abilities, interests and
talents. We ensure that
children receive the
education and skills
training they need to be
successful and
contributing members of
society.
 We enable children to  Children are protected
live according to their
own culture and religion,
and to be active
members of the
community. We help
children to recognize
and express their
individual abilities,
interests and talents.
We ensure that children
receive the education
and skills training they
need to be successful
and contributing
members of society.
from abuse, neglect and
exploitation and are kept
safe during natural
disaster and war.
Children have shelter,
food, health care and
education. These are
the basic requirements
for the sound
development of all
children.