Philippines: Walk Your Way to School (WAYS)
Philippines: Walk Your Way to School (WAYS)
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Status
Ongoing
- Location Philippines
The project aims to support children & youth living on the street and their families through a Mobile Unit reaching them in their community.
Objectives:
- Encourage and accompany children to reintegrate school system
- Promote favorable learning environment for these children so they can blossom & develop full potential.
Key activities:
- Access to education (Basic literacy sessions & library activities)
- Provision of basic needs (Medical services, online medical consultations, psychological counseling, hygiene kits provided quarterly to children)
- Psycho-social interventions (Follow-up with social worker + regular visits to families carried out to implement intervention plans)
- Capacity building (Workshops on health & safety education facilitated by social worker & teacher, series of workshops on effective parenting).
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Promoter
Jemmalyn Calingasan - CSD Engineer, Manila
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Initiate date • Duration
06.09.2022 • 24 months