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For our first year, our beneficiary for our Outreach Program was Jesus Loves the Little Children Foundation.  It is located in Pinagbuhatan, Pasig.  JLLCF was established out of a deep conviction to meet the needs of the orphaned, neglected, abandoned, and/ or abused street children in Metro Manila. They have in-house orphans and they offer educational program for children in the depressed area.  JLLCFI’s Education Program aims at providing the basic right of every Filipino child to education. JLLCFI facilitates the processing of documents for the children’s admission to formal education. Through Educational Sponsorship a child is guaranteed formal education with provision of tuition fees, school supplies and bag, books, school projects, transportation allowance, field trip and snacks, medical and dental care.

For our second year, our Beneficiary was Tahanan ng Pagmamahal, located in Oranbo, Pasig.

This orphanage was established in 2007 by a group of friends led by Rey and Myrna Ortega. The seed money came from tithes lovingly saved up for 3 years by the Ortega family. Initially, some children were housed in Antipolo, Rizal but due to lack of basic facilities, they were transferred to the residence of Rey and Myrna for almost six months until the house at 146 Saint Francis, Barangay Oranbo was rented to Tahanan. The owner of the house, Gabby and Chit Alberto,(Chit is a high school classmate of Myrna), generously rented the 2-storey house for only 10K/month. Another generous benefactor shouldered the monthly rental for one year.
At present, there are 15 children, 2 house mothers, 1 OIC and 1 social worker taking care of the kids. Six of the children go to the public elementary school nearby while 2 are attending the Special Education school in Pasig.
The Light of Jesus Community, under Bro. Bo Sanchez, has taken the orphanage under its wings. At the moment, LOJ members have been doing lots of volunteer work – teaching the children, arranging medical/dental missions, sharing food and other items for the orphanage.

This year, hopefully we can push through with our Outreach Year 3.

Why do we choose kid’s orphanage than the old one’s shelter? It’s because we are all working, and we can’t possibly make a good program for the old ones to appreciate. With the kids, a Jollibee party would make them really happy.

How do we choose the orphanage / shelter we visit.  We just want an orphanage which is not so popular. An Orphanage which really needs help. Popular shelter have the tendency that they are already receiving lots of donation from different from group or individual. Kids ages are from as young as 3 to 12.

source: boplanet.com, jllcf.com

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