Health Activities

CDP sponsored children received their annual medical and dental check-up to ensure their health so that they could grow as healthy individuals. Volunteer doctors from the church helped in their endeavour. Added to this, FHI has been conducting supplemental feeding to sponsored children, conducting weight monitoring and providing children and parents health classes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• 85% CDP children received annual medical check-up to which 75% have good health

• 35 CDP children received tooth extraction

• All CDP Children learned oral care through lecture

• Occurrence of sickness among CDP children lessened

• A communal toilet units constructed

Spiritual Nurture

FHI CDP engaged children and parents in weekly bible study–values formation sessions in partnership with Sandmeier United Methodist Church. Pastor, deaconess, FHI worker, church leaders and parent leaders are jointly working together for the spiritual growth of the children, parents and other members of the family. The annual Daily Vacation Church School, camping, greatly contributes to the spiritual upliftment of the children.

The yearly evangelistic crusade and Lenten retreat helps in the spiritual nurture of the parents.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 85 Children and 65 parents voluntarily accepted Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour as a result of the various activities like church Sunday school, home bible study, camping, evangelistic crusade, retreat.

• 250 children attended in Daily Vacation Church School(DVCS) done in the church. DVCS encourage both CDP and non-CDP children to attend church and know the Lord.

• 14 CDP youth trained to serve as DVCS teachers.

• A numbers of parents testified that their children developed the habit of praying in a result of their Bible study classes.

• 7 live-in couples accepted the blessing of matrimony. This decision was made after attending bible study classes and parent's seminar.

• 38 CDP Children started to sing in the church choir.

Social actions for the protection of children

Our CDP Center 018, is a member of Caloocan Cluster –Task Force and very much active in doing social actions, lobbying to congress, doing advocacy for the protection of children.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 5 parent leaders become child advocates after a series of workshop conducted

• 7 CDP children become advocates on Children’s Rights after attending the Children’s congress

• 135 children and 35 parents joined children’s the rally held in Caloocan last October 4 in celebration of Children’s month.

• 65 children and 15 mothers attended the "Children Friendly Rally" to promote the protection of children against child labor held in Quezon City last November

Special Events

CDP conducted an annual Everybody’s Birthday celebration and Christmas Program. In said occasions, CDP children received birthday and Christmas gifts from their sponsor such as blanket and clothing. The Christmas season becomes meaningful to the children as they celebrated Christ’s birthday celebrating it in worship, programs and fellowship.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• CDP children were very delighted to receive the blanket as their birthday gift . Most of the families said they only have two or three blanket at home (for a family of 6)

• CDP children received their Christmas groceries containing 5 kilos rice, meat loaf, fruit cocktail, cheese, 1 kilo cantoon.

• 38 CDP children received music training in the church

CDP Community Related Projects

For the year 1999 Food for the Hungry was able to assist the community to meet the health problems identified. Sanitation and water problem have been minimized through our water container project and watered sealed toilet project. Community cleaning become the project of the Youth.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 90 drums were distributed to 90 families who has problems in the area.

• 4 communal water sealed toilet were constructed benefiting 16 families.

• Community clinics conducted with 258 patients.

Greetings from the Staff

Dear Sponsors,

Greetings to all of you from Caloocan!

I greet you l with a special thanks in the name of God who guided and walked with us since the last time you heard from me regarding our child Development Program. Your participation to Food for the Hungry Child Development Program is a manifestation of your love and concern for the welfare of others. Allow me to share with you this report covering the year 1999.

Food for the Hungry Int'l./Philippines is in partnership with Sandmeier United Methodist church in the implementation of Child Development Program. We have been assisting a total of 288 children in 7 poorest of the poor communities of Caloocan. Child Development Program helps sponsored child and family in various activities such as: education, spiritual nurture, social development and self help community projects. All have been possible because of your assistance. Your help means a lot to us. We cannot do this work alone

Thank God to people like you who are generous to lend not only your resources but your love & life to those in need.

I pray that through our partnership in Child Development Program (CDP) would continue to touch and change lives.

Shalom!

In Christ's service,
Josie Alvaro

FHI Community Level Staff