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CENTRAL CENTER, ManilaFood for the Hungry, Philippines located in Central, Kalaw, Manila is in partnership with a United Methodist Church. Center 014-Central, Manila covers depressed communities in the central part of Manila city such as Pandacan and San Andres. FHI works hand in hand with church members and leaders to solve the identified needs and problems in the community. Last year, we were able to address problems on sanitation and family relationship. FHI assisted through water container project and water sealed toilet. A mass wedding on the other hand has been conducted at the church for live in couples which resulted for a strong family ties enabling the couples to be more committed to each other. The church facilitated the arrangement of the wedding including all legal registration. Child Development Program Benefit Package such as education, medical care, values inculcation/spiritual nurture and social development has been provided. Parents has been involved in the process by training them and allowing them to take active role in the development of their child. Pandacan AreaLOCATIONPandacan is one of the District in the city of Manila. The total land area is 7 hectares. Pandacan is bounded by two small canals or esteros which is the estero del Pandacan and estero de Concordia. The community of Pandacan has passable roads accessible by jeepney, tricycle, bicycle and motorcycle. PHYSICAL FEATURESThe total population of Pandacan District is 83,998 with a total of 16,327 families. Houses in the area are made of makeshift, light and semi-concrete materials. Housing condition is crowded with very poor ventilation. There are some families living under the bridge of Pandacan. Said families have been living there for 10 years now. Street alleys are very narrow. Sanitation is very poor. ETHNICITY AND LANGUAGELarge number of residents are from the Visayan Island, other groups comes from Ilocos province and Central Luzon. Dialect spoken in the area are Tagalog and some Visayan dialects. [Top] San Andres AreaLOCATIONSan Andres is one of the poor communities of San Andres Manila. It has a total land area of approximately 55 square kilometers. It is situated in one of the commercial areas in the city of Manila. San Andres has passable roads accessible by jeepney, tricycle, cars and other kinds of land vehicles. PHYSICAL FEATURESThe total population of San Andres is 8,650 families. Year 1963, San Andres was a vacant lot with tall grasses with only few family residents. When a big fire hit the area in 1970, more families started to build their houses until the government acknowledge it as one big community of Manila. Houses are congested and majority of which is made up of makeshift and light materials. Due to limited space, many members of the family preferred to stay outside and do their activities outside like washing clothes and dishwashing. No recreation is available, that's why children are visible in streets playing. ETHNICITY AND LANGUAGELarge number of the residents came from different provinces such as Ilocos province, Visayan Island, and other groups came from Pampanga. The dialect spoken in the community is Tagalog and Ilocano. [Top] SITUATION OF COMMUNITYSocial SituationThe monthly income of most family ranges from Php.2,000(US$40)-Php.3,000(US$60). Family heads work as jeepney drivers, construction workers, vendors and pedicab drivers. Most people complaint of their small income and their need for livelihood to increase family income.Direct and independent links to outside partners have been established. Formal leaders get their subsidy from the city government. Infrastructure projects such as road cementing and drainage construction in the community are supported too by the government. There are formal leaders in the community. The head of the community is called Barangay Chairman. He was elected out of the national election. There is also a Barangay Council composed of 6 Councilors, Secretary, Treasurer and Barangay "Tanods". The FHI worker is working closely with the formal leaders of the community to meet the identified needs and problems of the area as a whole. Formal leaders are supported by the city government in terms of funding. Spiritual SituationAbout 85% the residents are from the Roman Catholic denominations. The 15% are from various denominations Iglesia ni Cristo, Protestant and Fellowship groups. Beside Bible study conducted by Food for the Hungry, a Roman Catholic organization called "Alay Kapwa" is also conducting Bible study classes in the area. Most of the people are devoted Catholic. Their understanding of Christianity is based upon what their parents had taught them. For several years, Catholic believers were denied access to the Bible. They are just contented on the Catechism classes offered them by their churches. The residents of San Andres are open-minded. They acknowledge the importance of Bible study and knowing whom God is. At first, they are hesitant because they thought they would be converted to Protestantism but then agreed to listen and participate in Bible study.
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