PHILIPPINES Annual Report 2016 World Vision Development Foundation Editorial Advisors Rommel V. Fuerte Content Contributors: Acting National Director Nikka Almazan, Precious Basco, Lanie Carillo, Vanessa G. Retuerma Evangeline Caseres, Cecile Corvera, Crislyn Felisilda, Strategy Management and Quality Assurance Director Kevin Gaitan, Lara Gonzales, Nina Gavino, Mong Santos N. Godornes, Jr. Jimenez, Chris Leones, Joy Maluyo, Jan Therese Resource Development Director Queyquep, Laila Soliven, Phim Soriano, Vanessa Retuerma, Cherry Anne Valencia, Yheleen Veso Socorro S. Acedera Finance and Administration OIC Director Genesis Jeff D. Lamigo Public Relations and Communications Manager Art Direction and Layout: Leng Desuasido © World Vision Development Foundation 2017 All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form, except for brief excerpts in reviews, without prior permission of the publisher. About the cover: Smile of Aspiration. A boy from Northern Cebu sees hope of a full life as he learns to build a culture of reading. 2 is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Its 46,000 staff members in nearly 100 countries are committed to working with the world’s most vulnerable people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender. 3 Table of Contents 5 How We Improved Lives in 2016 14 Building Sustainable Communities 6 Message from the Chairperson 15 Keeping Children Healthy 7 Message from the Acting National Director 16 Engaging the Public 8 History 20 Grants and Special Projects 10 Where We Serve 21 Our Resources 11 Educating Children for Life 22 Board of Trustees 12 Protecting Children from Harm 23 Leadership Team 13 Responding to Disasters 24 Partners and Affiliations 4 How We Improved Lives in 2016 Thanks to your support, you’ve helped improve the lives of over 1.5 million children Education CHILD PROTECTION HEALTH AND NUTRITION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND 85,345 54,479 20,499 97,255 MANAGEMENT children benefitted from children at risk of or children received various beneficiaries received education programs engaged in child labor health interventions direct economic 282,269 assisted through ABK3 development interventions LEAP Project 9,075 beneficiaries reached by 34,678 disaster risk reduction mothers or caregivers of children received 16,047 interventions back-to-school kits 74 children under 23 months parents and caregivers able community-based child old who can identify proper to save through CoMSCA 1.6 M protection mechanisms IYCF (infant and young child reached by Typhoon Haiyan 7,972 remained functional feeding) practices Response interventions boys and girls regularly 4,316 (2014-2016) attended alternative 32 5,860 farmers and fisherfolks learning programs trained on natural farming child protection cases youth with comprehensive and fishing practices Direct Beneficiaries were referred and knowledge on HIV and AIDS Relief Phase: 1,464 responded to 789,816 4,154 children benefitted from 5,655 families provided with Recovery Phase: Tulong Aral Project families benefitted from the agricultural inputs or 321,403 Clean Water Project services Rehabilitation Phase: 1,161 84,727 teachers and community 2,515 3,874 educators trained in children and caregivers families gained access to context-based teaching who can identify ways to loans methodologies in reading prevent, control and treat and literacy building Tuberculosis 2,183 families established 101 400 livelihood activities from students who graduated children enrolled in Pinoy their savings from TESDA-Isuzu Nutrition Hub who have Training Center gained weight within 3 months Advocacy 67,312 2,948 1, 551, 288 children reached CHILD SPONSORSHIP sponsored children new local sponsors through advocacy initiatives (2014-2016) 5 in total Message from the Chairperson ATTY. LIWAYWAY VINZONS-CHATO In this day and age, we constantly look for heroes — #VoteforChildren, an not the kind who have capes or can fly, but real-life advocacy campaign which heroes who do extraordinary work for others and for aimed to challenge the the greater good of their community. voting public to seriously consider the children’s I have seen heroes among World Vision staff who have welfare and future in served many poor communities here and worldwide, choosing their leaders. through their child-focused and community-based programs. In the Philippines, we have helped children We have also been and families to gain access to clean water, improved leading and strengthening healthcare, nutrition, education, emergency relief, ties with networks disaster preparedness, and livelihood in at least 38 such as the Philippine area programs across the country. Coalition of Advocates for Nutrition Security or PHILCAN, the Civil Service Coalition for the Convention In 2016 alone, we have served more than1.5 million on the Rights of the Child or the CSC-CRC, and the vulnerable children. These are not just numbers but Disaster Risk Reduction Network or the DRRNet among changed lives of children and families made possible others to give voice to the children and communities we in partnership with the local government, private all represent. institutions, our donors and sponsors, and other like- minded groups. Thank God, we are surrounded by In 2017, World Vision marks its 60th year of ministry in everyday heroes who truly care for children! the Philippines. Join us as we celebrate God’s goodness and faithfulness to His work in transforming lives! Together with our partners, we have advocated for Together, let us carry on our commitment to care for the rights and welfare of the most vulnerable, to voice children and build sustainable commmunities. out children’s concerns, and urge the government to pass laws that will benefit our children. Prior to the National Elections of the same year, we also launched 6 Message from the Acting National Director ROMMEL FUERTE We started our mission We would like to acknowledge the extraordinary in the Philippines sixty men and women of World Vision in the Philippines years ago, with just for working the extra mile over the past years and helping 300 children our Board of Trustees for sharing their passion to in the province of uplift the lives of children. We consider it a privilege Guimaras. By 2016. we to work alongside you. Your efforts have made a have served more than difference in every child’s life. 1.5 million vulnerable children through our To our donors, partners, and supporters, we thank child-focused and each and every one of you for your compassion and community-based commitment to every Filipino child we serve. We are interventions. inspired by our continued partnership in caring for children and building sustainable communities. Through your help, we have reached the most vulnerable children and families in 28 provinces and 25 cities in In 2017, as we celebrate the 60th year of World the country by supporting them with better access Vision’s ministry in the Philippines, it is our hope and to education opportunities, safe and child-friendly prayer that together, as partners, we will continue communities, awareness and capacity to address to make a difference and reach 3 million vulnerable malnutrition, tuberculosis and HIV & AIDS, improved children by 2020. livelihoods, savings and income, and increased resilience to future disasters. Thank you very much! As you read through this report, we hope that you will see how our partnership has created a better world for our children, their families and communities. You will read stories of children and their families whose lives have been changed, and communities that have become more responsive to the needs of their children. 7 History In 1947, American missionary Dr. Robert “Bob” William Pierce travelled to China and Korea to document the massive suffering caused by the war and minister to the people affected. An encounter with a child named White Jade became a turning point. White Jade was a battered child under the care of a local missionary. Moved by Sponsored children from Good Shepherd’s Fold Orphanage in Guimaras compassion to White Jade’s situation, Pierce offered his last five dollars and pledged to send the same amount every In the 1970s, World Vision saw its efforts in providing month to provide for the child’s needs. Pierce knew in his food relief and health assistance to children caught in the heart that there were many other children like White Jade conflict in Mindanao. The support included resettlement who needed help. This gave birth to Pierce’s idea of child and development projects. sponsorship as a way of helping thousands of children in the long term. In 1976, a new field office in Cebu assisted over 100 families in the Visayas and Mindanao. World Vision launched Inspired by his prayer, “Let my heart be broken by the the Development Assisting Center (DAC), a community- things that break the heart of God”, Dr. Pierce eventually based approach that aims to empower poor families by led the founding of the child-focused agency World Vision helping them to manage their own development. The in 1950, with Child Sponsorship as its flagship program to interventions and strategies focused on children’s needs in respond to the thousands of orphans left by the Korean health, nutrition, and education, as well as livelihood for the War. parents. Through the years, World Vision expanded its work for In 1987,World Vision in the Philippines underwent children all over Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East restructuring and halted its operations. But the work and Eastern Europe. on the ground continued with volunteer staff assisting in community projects and programs. Projects were In 1957, World Vision reached the Philippines. Its supervised by World Vision International – Asia Region operations started by assisting an orphanage in the Office (ARO) in Manila under the leadership of ARO province of Guimaras, the Good Shepherd’s Fold, Regional Coordinator, Ruth Clay.