Park Avenue Initiative

Rebuilding Lives.

Pasay has considerable movement of migrants into the city's low-income areas

The average Pasay household is 7 persons per household. The city has a total of 73,846 households.

Pasay is considered as one of the child trafficking hot spots having the highest number of bars and prostitution dens employing victims of trafficking.

There are still grade 5-6 students who are non-readers as per teachers’ assessment

Due to poverty, it is normal to see 3 or more families living under one roof

Pasay is awarded as a Child Friendly City

2004 PAI Research General Findings

• Many Out-of-School Youth and Children (OSCY)

• Many of the Parents of the OSCY are unemployed• Youth and children are highly at risk to prostitution, gangs, drugs, child labor, child trafficking, etc.

CFSI. Rebuilding Lives.

Empowered communities able to move and protect marginalized children and youth, move the most vulnerable ones to mainstream society with dignity and social justice.

CFSI. Rebuilding Lives.

• to protect the lives, well-being, and dignity of marginalized children and youth

• to prevent children and youth from falling prey to exploitation, prostitution, drugs, etc.

CFSI. Rebuilding Lives.

• to empower communities to take an active role in protecting marginalized children and youth

• Out-of-School Children and Youth

• Parents and Guardians of Children and Youth

• Project clientele for Psychosocial

• Barangay Council

• Community

CFSI. Rebuilding Lives.

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• Back to School

• Vocational courses

• Coregroup formation

• Identification and mobilization of Volunteers

• Tutorials/ Mentoring

CFSI. Rebuilding Lives.

CFSI. Rebuilding Lives.

1. Community Mobilization

2. Social and Economic Skills Development3. Education and Advocacy

4. Psycho-social care

5. Recreational activities

1. Community Mobilization

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a. Training and mentoring of Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC)

b. Training of community volunteers, children and youth advocates; and c. Coregroup formation

CFSI. Rebuilding Lives.

2. Social and Economic Skills Development

• Training program for the Youth

Skills for Life/ Employability Skills, Team Building

CRC, JJL, Anti-Child trafficking law, etc.

2. Social and Economic Skills Development

• Training program for the Parents

Effective Parenting, Reproductive Health, JJL, CRC, Anti-Child trafficking law, VAWC, etc.

• Vocational courses:

COSMETOLOGY FOOD & BEVERAGE SERVICESDRESSMAKINGSOAP MAKING

FOOD PRESERVATION// COMMERCIAL COOKING

3. Education and Advocacy

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a. Tutorial/Mentoring (Individual Instruction Approach)

b. Back-to-school program

CFSI. Rebuilding Lives.

3. Education and Advocacy

Training on

CRC, VAWC, JJL, Anti-Trafficking law, RH, Gender sensitivity, Peace Education, etc.

c. Alternative Learning System/ Accreditation and Equivalency Test

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3. Education and AdvocacyYouth Art Camp, Development of IEC materials (comic book, posters)

4. Psycho-social care

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5. Recreational activitiesb. Puppet show, sports activities, field trip

a. Counseling, case study, referral of psycho-social cases to institution

5. Recreational activitiesb. Community Theater, Art

Workshop, Music &Dance

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Expansion in two more barangays with highest numbers of poorest of the poor

Sustaining the Youth Advocacy Group

Re-training and organizing of the newly elected barangay officials

Networking with other institutions to help sustain existing efforts

CFSI. Rebuilding Lives.