Silong Tanglaw - Case Study
Introduction
History of Silong Tanglaw
On October 25, 1989, the Silong Tanglaw Foundation was registered as a nonstock nonprofit corporation at the Securities and Exchange Commission through the efforts of Mrs. Felicidad Viray, a retired regional director of the internal revenue, and Father Sonny G. Ramirez, OP. A two-storey building to house the Silong Tanglaw Center was constructed on the1250 square meters of prime land on Gregorio Araneta Avenue corner Kaliraya street in Quezon City. The land was donated was Mrs. Rosario Jacinto’s donation for socio-civic projects in commemoration of the death of Rose, her son’s wife, due to cancer.
The Foundation aims to provide holistically guided (tanglaw) shelter (silong) for Metro Manila’s streetchildren by providing them with shelter and other basic needs and imparting to them basic education as well as religious instruction and training.
Silong Tanglaw Objectives
The Vision-Mission of Silong Tanglaw is:
VISION
Inspired by God's love, the Silong-Tanglaw Foundation Center, Inc. aims to be a shelter for underprivileged children, where they can experience the loving care and guidance of a Christian community, and develop universal values to help them become productive, responsible, and self-reliant members of society.
MISSION
To promote the holistic well-being of underprivileged children by providing them with shelter and by helping them develop their spiritual and human values, knowledge, skills and attitudes to prepare them for reintegration with their family and the larger community.
The foundation aims to form and uplift the life of street children through various programs and social services in order to bring about a renewed and rehabilitated youth worthy to be called children of God. Their target beneficiaries include the orphaned, neglected, abandoned, emotionally and physically abused children.
Silong Tanglaw Needs
The needs of the Silong Tanglaw Center were as follows:
○ Funding for the continuing
History of Silong Tanglaw
On October 25, 1989, the Silong Tanglaw Foundation was registered as a nonstock nonprofit corporation at the Securities and Exchange Commission through the efforts of Mrs. Felicidad Viray, a retired regional director of the internal revenue, and Father Sonny G. Ramirez, OP. A two-storey building to house the Silong Tanglaw Center was constructed on the1250 square meters of prime land on Gregorio Araneta Avenue corner Kaliraya street in Quezon City. The land was donated was Mrs. Rosario Jacinto’s donation for socio-civic projects in commemoration of the death of Rose, her son’s wife, due to cancer.
The Foundation aims to provide holistically guided (tanglaw) shelter (silong) for Metro Manila’s streetchildren by providing them with shelter and other basic needs and imparting to them basic education as well as religious instruction and training.
Silong Tanglaw Objectives
The Vision-Mission of Silong Tanglaw is:
VISION
Inspired by God's love, the Silong-Tanglaw Foundation Center, Inc. aims to be a shelter for underprivileged children, where they can experience the loving care and guidance of a Christian community, and develop universal values to help them become productive, responsible, and self-reliant members of society.
MISSION
To promote the holistic well-being of underprivileged children by providing them with shelter and by helping them develop their spiritual and human values, knowledge, skills and attitudes to prepare them for reintegration with their family and the larger community.
The foundation aims to form and uplift the life of street children through various programs and social services in order to bring about a renewed and rehabilitated youth worthy to be called children of God. Their target beneficiaries include the orphaned, neglected, abandoned, emotionally and physically abused children.
Silong Tanglaw Needs
The needs of the Silong Tanglaw Center were as follows:
○ Funding for the continuing