LAGUNA CENTER

Accomplishment 1999-2000:

Educational Activities

Child Development program helped parents to pay for school tuition fees. Meet school needs of their children. cover payment for school projects like carpentry. Handicrafts. etc. provide books of children and help CDP children engaged in school activities such as school field trips. Camps and occasional programs.

ACCOMPLISHMENT TO DATE

• 193 CDP children access to primary education and 262 access to intermediate and high school.

• Of the 455 sponsored children 47 graduate in grade school while 11 completed secondary education. Of the 11 high school. 6 pursue higher education through Child Vocational Scholarship Fund assistance

• Because of CDP assistance, 20% of CDP children received School recognition and merits for excellent performance.

• Links with teachers and parents helped solved problems among slow learner children.

CDP health activities

CDP sponsored children received their annual medical assistance and dental check up. Children in poor communities are deprived of their quality health services. the reason why most of them are suffering from disease which is curable in nature. CDP provides poor children the chance for medical and dental check up so that they grow as healthy individuals. Added to this. FHI has been conducting supplemental feeding to sponsored children. conducting weight monitoring and providing children health classes.

ECCOMPLISHMENTS:

• 350 CDP children received medical check up.

• 50 CDP children had their teeth extracted.

• 359 CDP children learned what it means to care for the body because of the personal hygiene lectured conducted.

• Occurrence of sickness among CDP children lessened.

• 80% of CDP children noted to come to their Saturday CDP activity in clean clothes.

Spiritual Nurture

FHI CDP engaged children in a weekly Bible Study classes. Added to this FHI in partnership with a local Christian church conducts annual Daily Vacation Church School (DVCS), Evangelism and leadership training for the children. The parents likewise are engaged in spiritual nurture activities and family enrichment seminars.

ACCOMPLISHMENT

• 50 CDP children voluntarily accepted the Lord Jesus as their personal Savior and their Lord as a result of the camping conducted.

• 250 non-sponsored children participated in the annual Daily Vacation Church School.

• 175 CDP children for the first time received their first copy of the Old and New Testament Bible.

• 20 CDP youth trained as Bible Study teacher and now teaching the young children.

• 60 CDP parents after the spiritual retreat accepted that Jesus is the real Lord and Saviors.

Special Events

CDP conducts an annual celebration of Everybody's birthday celebration and Christmas PROGRAM. In said occasion, CDP children receives birthday gifts from their sponsors. The joy of the season becomes meaningful to the children as they celebrate the birthday of Jesus. CDP center conducts Christmas program attended not only by CDP children but also their parents and family members.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• 455 children were delighted to receive blankets as birthday gifts from their sponsors.

• 108 newly sponsored children said this is the first time that celebrated their birthday with cake and balloons.

CDP Related Projects

For year 1999, FHI was able to assist the community to meet the health program identified by the residents. Three CDP community has been attended through the water container project. A total of 210 water container has been distributed to the residents with no supply of water. A total of 10 individual and 3 communal water-sealed toilet are constructed. While 7 deep well are installed in 5 communities. Relief distribution was conducted to a total of 467 families after strong typhoon. Each family received rice at 3 kilos each.

Dear Sponsors,

Greetings from Laguna!

We would like to thank you for sponsoring 455 children in this area of Laguna. It is one of the depressed communities in Southern Luzon. A great percentage of the residents have been living below the poverty line. Laguna has been known as an agricultural land but the poverty situation is real bad because the lands are controlled by the few powerful individuals.

FHI/Philippines is in partnership with two local churches in the area the United Methodist and Christian Reformed Church. FHI/Philippines work also hand in hand with the leaders of the area to solve the identified needs and problems of the community.

The year 2004 has been year of God's faithfulness, it was a great challenges for the Laguna CDP program considering the various problems we faced but thank God because we can continue through your faithful support.

As a CDP staff, we have seen with our very eyes many changed lives because of the program. Our effort is not in vain because we know it bears good fruit.

You are always included in our prayers, and may the good Lord richly bless and keep you for sharing your blessings with those who are in need.

In Christ,
Egay Atienza
CDP Field Staff