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Makabata Foundation

 

Makabata Foundation

            Makabata Foundation, which is composed of the  EDSA Shrine, the Poveda   Learning   Center,  the  Teresiana  Association , and  the  Poveda Alumnae. The Foundation is a non- stock, non-profit corporation composed of   civic-minded   individuals   and   volunteers   with  a  common mission to provide   a   holistic   and   integral  program  of education for street children and their families.

            The   Makabata   Foundation   Inc.  was organized, to give sustained educational assistance for the street children.

            Aside    from   formal   education,   the  Foundation  will  also provide out-of-school   youth and their parent’s vocational classes to give them skills for livelihood and thereby reduce their poverty.

            The  Foundation  also supports other activities for the spiritual, moral, educational  and  physical  upliftment  of  the  street  children through weekly catechesis,  feeding,  leadership  training,  and art club. It has also formed a band called Musika Maria.