“Every Child Deserves a Happy Life”
Brgy.18 Sinait Ilocos Sur
Telephone #: 722-1008 Contact #: 09215600123
Manage by:
Ms Arlyn S. Villegas
Assistant Manage:
Ms Divine R. Flores
Secretary:
Ms Precious Grace Arcenas
Social Workers:
Mrs Jovita Mangusan Liu
Mrs Christina Sayon
Caregivers:
Ms Genelyn Aves
Mrs Vivian Briones
Ms Honeylou Cabrillas
Ms Ivonne Calbario
Mrs Amalia Caneda
Mr Don Don Enriquez
Mr Ike Labra
Mr Eboy Martinez
Mr Edwin Martinez
Mr Tarex Pongcol
Housekeeper:
Mrs Juanita Toguinay
Ms Honeylin Villar
Mr Patrick Ronquillo
I. Introduction
In a country of nearly 90,000,000 people, an estimated 40% of the Filipino population is below the poverty level. An estimated 2 million children roam the streets of the Philippines on a daily basis. 75% of these children are considered children on the streets (meaning they work and play there, but still have families to return to and are sometimes educated), while 25% are considered children of the streets (meaning they live there, with no place to call home). Approximately 10% of these children of the streets have no family ties and no one to care for them. Children that are the product of such statistics are often neglected, abused, abandoned and sometimes orphaned due to the extreme conditions in some areas. Other problems that result from such environments include drug use (such as inhalants, marijuana and shabu), widespread illnesses sometimes resulting in death, injuries, sexual exploitation and even imprisonment. Children as young as 10 years old have been imprisoned for offenses as minor as vagrancy. They are placed in cells with the general adult population and are subsequently abused and exploited. Roughly 60,000 street children are working as prostitutes.
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