Betlehem Day Care Center Case Study
Case Literature July 30, 2011
EM 4008 : School Strategic Management GREGORIO CYRUS R.ELEJORDE
FLORDELIZA C. NAVIDAD Professor
Masterand
Case Study
l. Information
Title of organization : Betlehem Day Care Center Foundation Incorporation (BDCCFI)
Description: The Day Care Center is an outreach project of the Cebu Archdiocesan Prison apostolate (CAPA) For 14 years now.
Location : White Road , Inayawan, cebu City
Management & Staff:
Founder: Fr. Giovanni (John) Iacono
This center is currently being run by one head teacher, secretary, permanent & casual volunteers, one coordinator and four teachers all under the guidance of one Catholic priest, Fr. Iacono. Organizational Chart
Mission:
The Bethlehem Day Care Center provides daycare service and other support service to the children of scavengers at the landfill site:
- 360 families residing in our houses, in Dumlog, Talisay. The average family is 4-6 persons (eventually we will have about 3,000 family members in our Village)
- 38 houses (built with the help of Habitat for Humanity) in Inayawan, Cebu
Providing children with an educational foundation as toddlers encourages them and increases their chance in getting into elementary school. With education, these children develop into productive individuals, contributing the poverty alleviation and community building. No amount of money can ever be enough to help one child have a brighter future. No efforts are too many to help a child to go to school and improve his knowledge for the future. No pain is too big to bear if it gives a person dignity. No humiliation should stop anybody from helping the needy.
Our facility currently accommodates children from
EM 4008 : School Strategic Management GREGORIO CYRUS R.ELEJORDE
FLORDELIZA C. NAVIDAD Professor
Masterand
Case Study
l. Information
Title of organization : Betlehem Day Care Center Foundation Incorporation (BDCCFI)
Description: The Day Care Center is an outreach project of the Cebu Archdiocesan Prison apostolate (CAPA) For 14 years now.
Location : White Road , Inayawan, cebu City
Management & Staff:
Founder: Fr. Giovanni (John) Iacono
This center is currently being run by one head teacher, secretary, permanent & casual volunteers, one coordinator and four teachers all under the guidance of one Catholic priest, Fr. Iacono. Organizational Chart
Mission:
The Bethlehem Day Care Center provides daycare service and other support service to the children of scavengers at the landfill site:
- 360 families residing in our houses, in Dumlog, Talisay. The average family is 4-6 persons (eventually we will have about 3,000 family members in our Village)
- 38 houses (built with the help of Habitat for Humanity) in Inayawan, Cebu
Providing children with an educational foundation as toddlers encourages them and increases their chance in getting into elementary school. With education, these children develop into productive individuals, contributing the poverty alleviation and community building. No amount of money can ever be enough to help one child have a brighter future. No efforts are too many to help a child to go to school and improve his knowledge for the future. No pain is too big to bear if it gives a person dignity. No humiliation should stop anybody from helping the needy.
Our facility currently accommodates children from