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"If I Had The Chance" is a music video featuring the choir of the Kaibigan Ermita Outreach Foundation, Inc. The song is composed by Robert Salamon, and arranged by Jay Maclean. The video was shot and edited by Christopher Andrew, Stoptime341 Productions. 2008 |
 Kaibigan is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization – fully registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Social Welfare and Development – entirely devoted to the care and welfare of urban poor and street children in poor areas of Manila. Founded in 1986, Kaibigan has more than two decades of experience in caring for disadvantaged children. Today, Kaibigan, with a staff of 11(half of them social workers) operates from premises in San Andres Bukid under the guidance of its elected Board of Directors. |
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Manila Today Despite recent impressive economic growth of over 6 per cent per annum in the Philippines and the mushrooming of new shopping malls and high-rise condominiums, the benefits of development are spread very evenly. Millions of Filipinos remain desperately poor. In the capital city of Metro Manila, hundreds of thousands of families are still forced to live in squatter areas in crowded, festering, unsanitary conditions. Often surviving on much less than the national minimum wage of about two hundred pesos a day, these very poor families – some with as many as ten or more children – find themselves crammed into tiny dwellings in neighborhoods where diseases such as TB, diarrhea, and influenza are rampant. Children in particular suffer greatly malnutrition and ill-health. Out of desperation, many youngsters are forced to work on the streets as peddlers and prostitutes, sometimes as members of criminal syndicates. It is a brutally harsh, uncertain, and bleak life, and their future prospects are grim. |
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Dear Friends and Partners of Kaibigan Foundation,
Warmest greeting! Around 900 people - children, parents, staff, Board of Directors, alumni, donors, PO and NGO-partners - ERDA, Virlanie, MRH, VMSFI, SFAC, Kanlungan sa Erma and KBF - gathered in Rajah Soliman, Malate, Manila to make way for the start of the advocacy walk entitled, "Kalikasan at Kabataan, Ating Pag-Ingatan!Pundasyon sa Maayos at Malusog na Pamayanan. The hour walk was made extra special with children wearing their colorful t-shirt, head and hand gear while calling for the protection of environment through slogans designed using recyclable materials. Creative chants and continuous rendering of happy songs played by 30-piece Manila City Hall band added fun and excitement to the event. Deputy Mayor of Manila, Mr. Joey Silva and District 1 Councilor, Mr. Nino dela Cruz also graced the affair.
The advocacy walk ended in Rizal Memorial Stadium, the venue for the next activ-ity - The Family Day. This was a whole day affair wherein the whole family was given opportunity to enjoy and strengthen their relationships through sports and games under the banner of healthy competition. The program included Filipino games such as kadang-kadang, palosebo, tug of war and the like.
On behalf of the KAIBIGAN family, thank you most sincerely for your generous support to the Foundation.
Sincerely yours,
SUSAN G. BITENG
Warmest greeting! Around 900 people - children, parents, staff, Board of Directors, alumni, donors, PO and NGO-partners - ERDA, Virlanie, MRH, VMSFI, SFAC, Kanlungan sa Erma and KBF - gathered in Rajah Soliman, Malate, Manila to make way for the start of the advocacy walk entitled, "Kalikasan at Kabataan, Ating Pag-Ingatan!Pundasyon sa Maayos at Malusog na Pamayanan. The hour walk was made extra special with children wearing their colorful t-shirt, head and hand gear while calling for the protection of environment through slogans designed using recyclable materials. Creative chants and continuous rendering of happy songs played by 30-piece Manila City Hall band added fun and excitement to the event. Deputy Mayor of Manila, Mr. Joey Silva and District 1 Councilor, Mr. Nino dela Cruz also graced the affair.
The advocacy walk ended in Rizal Memorial Stadium, the venue for the next activ-ity - The Family Day. This was a whole day affair wherein the whole family was given opportunity to enjoy and strengthen their relationships through sports and games under the banner of healthy competition. The program included Filipino games such as kadang-kadang, palosebo, tug of war and the like.
On behalf of the KAIBIGAN family, thank you most sincerely for your generous support to the Foundation.
Sincerely yours,
SUSAN G. BITENG
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