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The following update is focused on the three weeks I spent in Manila visiting various Viva Network partner projects (mostly to do with Street Children). “Tell me, I will forget.
Show me, I may remember.
Involve me, I will understand.?
- Chinese Proverb

The Street Children of Manila

Rob Lilwall
2007-12-01 14:55:17

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different countries and their effectiveness is such that in just a dozen years since they started they are now in Roster Consultative Status with the United Nations. On a large scale they help connect charities and so avoid wastage of resources ? recently in Sri Lanka's tsunami relief efforts SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND pounds (UK) was saved when one charity, intending to spend this money on school packs for kids, was networked with another charity who had just such a surplus of kits - which it was happy to pass on, thus saving the money to be spent on something else. A more local level example in Bolivia involved several urban street children feeding projects who were brought together to meet each other for the first time. They quickly discovered that they were all operating their feeding projects on the same night of the week ? meaning the children had plenty of choices for food on that one night of the week, but none at all on the other nights. Having met, they were hence able to co-ordinate their efforts across the week... with further collaboration, later on, they began to purchase their food together in bulk and thus saved money to cover every night of the week.

In Manila, most of the charities I met had close ties with Viva Network. They appreciated not only the training opportunities, but also the sheer encouragement and refreshment which they benefitted from as they met fellow-workers and went on occasional retreats. A burnt out worker is no good to anyone, however good their intentions be when they start. Viva Network, as I have tried to show here, plays a vital role in enhancing and encouraging thousands of tireless and compassionate projects around the world. This explanation is naturally very condensed, so please do find out more about Viva Network and their goal of "working together to bring more children better care? at www.viva.org .

I believe it is good for us to periodically re-stir our consciences? as the Make Poverty History Campaign ...

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why the government not take the street children in the philippines
if the government we don't have care to all street children!
why we take them in the abortion house..then we have to learn the all street children!!!

steph, 2008-05-20 19:45:26

wow your story amazes me . we are doing a project on how we could get our fellow classmates to get involved on how to help the children in philippines to receive education. I would love to have a video of your testimony about your experience in the philippines if i may or probably even more pictures would be nice .
My email is keziajoy@gmail.com. Thank you so much for sharing!

Joy, 2008-03-30 05:01:01