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Download Button Virlanie is… Registered with the Philippine’s Securities and Exchange Commission Licensed and recognized by the Philippine’s Department of Social Welfare and Development An accredited member of: Virlanie Foundation Inc. Annual Report 2009 The Philippine Council for NGO Certification [Virlanie is a donee For comments/feedback, please email: institution. Local donations are tax deductable.] [email protected] Ayala Foundation USA (AFI USA) [AFI USA is a 501 (c ) (3) non- profit. Donations to Virlanie made in the USA, through AFI USA are tax deductable.] Association of Child Caring Agencies of the Philippines Local Council for the Protection of Children (Makati City) What’s inside... .ZKPVSOFZBOE7JSMBOJFTUISPVHIUIFZFBST 1-9 7JSMBOJFJO 5IF1IJMJQQJOFT0WFSWJFXPG 10 - 27 3FDFQUJPOBOE"DUJPO$FOUFS0VUSFBDI1SPHSBNT3FTJEFOUJBM 1SPHSBNT4VQQPSU 1SPHSBNT1SPHSBNT5PXBSET4VTUBJOBCMF -JWJOH'JOBODJBMT 4JMFOU 8PSLFST 28 -PPLJOHGPSXBSEUP 30 "DLOPXMFEHNFOU 31 0VSJOWJUBUJPOUPHFU JOWPMWFE 32 Virlanie Across the World... 33 5IBOLZPVUPUIFQFPQMFXIPEFTJHOFEUIJTZFBST SFQPSU'SPNJOTJEF7JSMBOJF JU XBT$FMJOF4BOUJMMBO .BSFO"WSJMMF1BTDVBM BOE+VMJBO'PXMFSXIP XPSLFEIBSEUPNBLFNZKPVSOBMCFDPNF7JSMBOJFT "OOVBM3FQPSU5PPVSEFTJHOMBZPVU QBSUOFS 5PPMCPY%+BNJF#BVUJTUB :TB-PDTJO 1BODI"MWBSF[BOE.BSUJO7JMMBOVFWB4BMBNBU QP My journey-and Virlanie’s-through the years... Many years ago, I did not just take a trip. I did not just travel to the Philippines to relocate here. But, really… I feel I have only “truly lived” when I was and when I am with the street children. Indeed, it has been quite a journey—from France to the Philippines, from 1992 to 2009, from 14 to 450 street children—it has truly been a long journey. I’m afraid I can not remember all the things but this report serves as ‘my journal’—with compiled scribbles through the years. I shall take you back to where Virlanie all started. (Actually, it all began in Notre Dame in 1987 where I spent one hour thinking, asking, reflecting, and praying if I should go back to the Philippines. I repeatedly asked myself, “What shall I do?”) This journal does not only share photos and highlights of the past 17, almost 18, years of Virlanie, but it is also a glimpse into my thoughts, anXieties, and joys. Reading the pages of this journal also allows you to look through the eyes of my friends, the Virlanie staff, and our children. As you browse through this journal, I hope you will come to know Virlanie better. I also hope that as you read through, you will learn to love our children and feel that you are part of our family. I hope you will be able to feel our love for the children too. Before Virlanie was born, I was living in France. I studied social work and psychology there, joined the seminary for a few years and then worked for a French NGO. It was only in 1989 when I came to the Philippines to do some research. During that time (1989), it was, for most Filipinos, a time of change, hope, and desire to make a difference… that marked the beginning of my journey—my life and Virlanie’s. 1 The Philippines in the early 90’s... 1992 was a historic year for Filipinos because it was in that year that the first national elections under the then newly established 1987 Philippine Constitution took place. It was the first time in nearly 30 years that Filipinos were again given the right to vote for their leaders. Although the 1986 People Power Revolution peacefully put an end to the Marcos regime and gave way to a new administration through the leadership of the late Corazon Aquino, poverty and other forms of hardship were still around. Many people who came to EDSA in 1986 went home with renewed hope. But for the many children who, in that staff christmas party time, already had no place to stay, the streets of Manila became their home—making do with cardboard boxes as their bed and leftovers in the garbage as their food. These children almost had no opportunity to go to school. During this time, I was thinking a lot about the situation in the Philippines. The country was headed toward the right direction—with new leaders and the urge to begin anew—but it was not easy. President Cory Aquino Mount Pinatubo had killed 700 people and left 200,000 homeless when it erupted in 1991. The Aquino Starting over... Administration experienced six unsuccessful coup attempts. In the late 1980s, I went to the Philippines to do a study for a French NGO. When I returned to France, I reported Many Filipinos agreed that there were still a lot of things everything that I witnessed. I guess they saw how my visit to that needed to be done with the country’s unstable the Philippines changed me, or maybe they saw my passion situation. That is why, anyone who was capable of helping to help Filipino people because I was offered the opportunity during that time was very much welcomed by the Filipino to go back there to start a project. people. However, Virlanie did not become a reality until 1992. I deeply felt that my desire to help was truly appreciated. I Before Virlanie, we had established another foundation but knew nothing about street children or the Filipino society it was short-lived. or its culture—but the Filipinos seemed to know what was needed to help street children. Nevertheless, I, together with a few friends, “started over” again in 1992—we then founded Virlanie. All of us at Virlanie were united by a common vision: to help disadvantaged children. Our funds came from donors in Europe. We had a 12-member Board of Trustees and a three- member Executive Committee made up of the president, vice president and the treasurer. Everyone back then was a volunteer who worked for free. It surely entailed work but it was simply far from being “just a job”. It was a mission. We believed in the good that we felt we could bring about. We were also thankful for gaining support from people who believed in us and have provided us financial assistance. 2 ]2($("1$*'"&2("H(E+,,+,E !"#$%&"'(&")*'+,+-.("/&"/"0*,0($&"*1"&2("3$(,02"4*5%"62*+$" Our humble beginnings... /&"&2("6.7&.$/7"6(,&($"*1"&2("82+7+99+,(%"+,":;<;=">("2/?" @+&2"2+'"AB"*$?+,/$5C7**D+,E"02+7?$(,="F.&"*1"0.$+*%+&5G"!" Our first project was the Herrod Home for Young Adults which /99$*/02(?"2+'"/,?"/%D(?"2+'"/H*.&"&2("02+7?$(,=">(" housed 14 children. We rented a three-room apartment in &*7?"'("/77"/H*.&"I/%+E7/J2+%"%'/77"KLF="!"M+%+&(?"&2('"/" Makati which served as a home for the street children we cared 1(@"&+'(%"/1&($"&2/&=" for. It also served as our office. N$*.,?":;;AG"!"&**D"/"%/HH/&+0/7"1$*'"@*$D"@+&2"&2("E*/7" *1"#,?+,E"'(/,+,E"+,"'5"7+1(="!"7**D(?"1*$")*'+,+-.("/,?" On a day to day basis, a total of nine staff members, three 1*.,?"2+'"+,"&2(",(@75"(%&/H7+%2(?"O+$7/,+(= social workers, one accounting clerk, and two house parents. I5"#$%&"/%%+E,'(,&"/%"/"O+$7/,+("M*7.,&(($"@/%"&*"E*"@+&2" One person was in-charge of a ‘start up’ handicraft income )*'+,+-.("&*"&2("I/,+7/"P(0(9&+*,"N0&+*,"6(,&($"QPN6R" generating project (a carryover project from another @2($("%&$((&"02+7?$(,"/$("&('9*$/$+75"2*.%(?"H5"&2(" foundation). 9*7+0(="F,("&+'(G"@("&**D"/"5*.,E"%&$((&"02+7?J/H*.&" S"*$"T"5(/$%"*7?J&*"*,("*1"&2("O+$7/,+("2*'(%="!"?*,U&" (V/0&75"$(0/77"2+%",/'(G"H.&"7(&U%"W.%&"0/77"2+'"4*5(&=" Also, in our first year, we started the Family Program, a community-based project, which aimed to address the needs X+,0("2("@/%"H$*.E2&"&*"O+$7/,+(G"4*5(&"2/?"(%0/9(?"#M(" of the urban poor in Barangay Singkamas, a neighboring &+'(%="4.&"(M($5"&+'("2("(%0/9(%G")*'+,+-.(G"@+&2*.&" /,5"2(%+&/&+*,G"@*.7?"/7@/5%"&/D("2+'"H/0DJ/E/+,"/,?" community. We thought that if we could help this barangay, it /E/+,= would help prevent some children from ending up in the streets. After which, Gabay Buhay Home was set up eight months later. F,"*,("*00/%+*,G"!"1*.,?"'5%(71"/%D+,E")*'+,+-.("+1"@(" A team of five headed this home and took care of 7 to 15-year- %2*.7?"W.%&"E+M(".9"*,"2+'=")*'+,+-.("$(97+(?G"Y4.&"@2*" @+77"&/D("0/$("*1"4*5(&Z"[2*"@+77"&/D("0/$("*1"&2("'*%&" old children. ?(7+,-.(,&"*1"&2("?(7+,-.(,&%Z"[2*"@+77"&/D("0/$("*1"&2(" 2/$?(,(?"/,?"&2("2*9(7(%%Z"[2*"@+77"7*M("2+'Z\" Herrod Home for Children (now known as Tanglaw Home), another home for children with the same age range as the ones !"2/M("H((,"/"'('H($"*1"&2("4*/$?"*1"O+$7/,+("1$*'" &2("H(E+,,+,E="]2("#$%&"4*/$?"@/%"0*'9*%(?"*1"9(*97(" in Gabay Buhay Home, was also established soon after. @+&2"H+E"2(/$&%"/,?"%'/77"(E*%="]2("4*/$?"@/%"0*2(%+M(G" 1*0.%(?G"/,?"(/%5"&*"@*$D"@+&2="!"2*,(%&75"0*.7?",*&" H(7+(M("&2/&"O+$7/,+("E$(@"/%"+&"?+?="!&U%"%*'(@2/&"/" '+$/07(^" !U'"%*"2/995"!"'(&")*'+,+-.("_2("2/%"+,`.(,0(?"'5" 7+1("(,*$'*.%75=">("&/.E2&"'("&2/&"%($M+0("+%"/,"/0&"*1" 0*.$/E(G"+%",(M($"9($1(0&G"/,?"0/,"(M(,"H("/&"&+'(%" Virlanie: A family that loves... 1$.%&$/&+,E=""4.&"*,("'.%&"9($%(M($(= I noticed this: the Filipinos were close to their families. They -Dr. Antonio L. Protacio is a trustee and treasurer of also have big families. Virlanie Foundation. Before, France also had the same family setup—but not so much now. That is why, I was amazed (and still am) with how Translation: English = Filipino = French Filipino families manage to be together and maintain their close family ties. Father = tatay = père Mother = nanay = mère Then, I realized that Virlanie homes should also follow the Uncle = tito = oncle structure of a typical Filipino family.
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