Regions: Africa   Asia   Latin America


Name of Organization: Lingap Pangkabataan

Country: Philippines

Project Title: "Developing a Community-Based Response to Children Domestic Workers"

Project Timeframe: May 2005 - October 2006

Location of Project: Barangays E. Rodriguez, Socorro and Escopa1 2, 3, & 4 in Quezon City

Budget Amount: $20,000

NGO contact and website:
158 Ermin Garcia St. Brgy. F. Rodriguez, Cubao
Quezon City, Philippines
Phone: 912-4166 / 912-0302 / 912-4225
E-mail: info@lingap.org

Project's Primary Objective: Strengthen formal and transitional education systems that encourage working children and those at risk of working to attend school.

Description of Organization: Lingap Pangkabataan has been operating for the past 23 years in communities in the field of educational sponsorship, early childhood education, community organizing and livelihood support for parents. It has since evolved into a holistic ministry for poor and needy children in economically depressed communities. In 2000, it incorporated programs on children at risk and micro-finance as banner programs and implemented two programs on child labor in agricultural communities of Negros Occidental and rural-urban communities of Davao City.

Lingap Pangkabataan adopts an inter-denominational approach and is composed of representatives from 10 major church denominations in the Philippines. It is an active member of the Philippines Children Ministries Network, the National Council on Social Development, and an associate member of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines.

Description of Project funded by CIRCLE: The project aims to support 100 child domestic laborers by giving them not only access to formal and non-formal education but also the support they need to stay in school. The main strategies involve case finding and tracking; provision of educational assistance in the form of tuition, uniform, books, school projects and supplies; formation of support groups and volunteers from churches, schools who will act as children's counselors and tutors; and organization of the children themselves for values formation and self-expression.

At the end of the project, the following results are expected:
  • 50 child domestic laborers are in formal school
  • 50 child domestic laborers are in non-formal classes or receiving a form of education through the support of trained instructional managers;
  • 15 volunteers are providing tutorial and psycho-social services to the children
  • 3 children's care groups are organized in target areas

Project Targets (Common Indicators):
Enrollment: 100 children
Persistence: 80% of 50 children in formal school
Transition: 25 children from non-formal to formal school; 25 take up additional module or enroll in vocational courses
Completion: 100 children