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Tuloy
Foundation
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Get into the heart and soul of this organization
and discover how God is using
this helping hand to help street children
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Walang
kinabukasan sa kalye.
The streets do
not offer any prospects of a bright future. This is the reality
that street children have to face. Perhaps, begging, selling
flowers, washing cars, or assisting in the marketplace will help
a few augment their
families´ income, but a child constantly exposed to the dangers and
temptations of the streets could easily fall prey to its lures.
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Substance
abuse…
Easy
money through petty crimes or prostitution…
Protection
from gangs…The
child’s chances of going to school, developing into
a responsible person,
nurturing healthy relationships with family and friends, and maturing in his
spiritual life diminish as he continues his exploits in the streets.
Tuloy
offers street children an alternative. HOPE.
Pag-asa. There is life after the
streets
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VISION-MISSION-GOALS
 | Birthright
of every child toward human dignity
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| The
call of every person to a personal and communitarian relationship with
God
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| The
capability of these wounded children to bounce back
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| God's
providence for those who trust in Him and those who take care of the
least of the brethren
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| Integrity
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| Empowerment
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| Sensitivity
to Needs of Clientele
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| Cooperation
and Teamwork
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| Excellence
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| Spirituality
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We envision
that poor, abandoned, and marginalized youth, particularly street
children, be provided with adequate food, clothing, shelter, healthcare,
and basic education toward their integral development.
We commit
ourselves to the protection and promotion of the right of street
children to a life befitting their human and Christian dignity.
We
aim to help these children acquire values, habits, and capabilities for
self-direction and their eventual reintegration into the mainstream of
society.
We
believe in the use of loving kindness, reason, and religion, as well as
training to self-direction and responsibility.
The
Tuloy sa Don Bosco Street Children Program aims to promote a comprehensive
approach in order to meet the physical, economic, psycho-social,
moral and spiritual needs of street children. This is achieved
by increasing their
access to social services, health care, education, training, and
placement services, bringing them to a level
where they can be employed. This
approach implies adopting multiple levels of intervention
to deal with the clientele's various
need.
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SERVICES RENDERED
| Individual Therapy & Counseling
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| Moral and Spiritual Formation
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| Values Formation
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| Crisis
Intervention
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| Long
Term Residential Services
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| Medical
and Dental Treatment
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| Educational Sponsorship
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| Vocational and Skills Training
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| Livelihood and Income Generation
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| Tutorials
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| Assistance in OJT and Employment
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TULOY PROGRAMS
The
complete rehabilitation of a street child
necessitates a comprehensive approach.
Attention must be given to all aspects of his development so he can become a
well-rounded individual. Tuloy offers a 6-phase program to ensure a gradual,
balanced and systematic approach for the children's growth and development.
These are:
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Phase
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Objective
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I. Motivation
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Inspire and encourage children to leave the streets permanently
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II. Humanization
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Change of basic human habits in personal hygiene, table
manners, discipline and orderliness
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III. Direction Setting
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Coping with hurts and pains, psychological traumas, catering to
moral-spiritual needs
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IV. Capacity Building
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Goal setting, suitability and capability for academic and/or
vocational-technology skills training
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V. Pre-integration
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Exposure to the world of work through on-the-job training (OJT)
or apprenticeship
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VI. Reintegration
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Entering the world of work and resettlement
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Tuloy
subscribes to the teachings of St. John Bosco in his approach to youth. It
adopts the preventive system of using reason,
loving kindness and religion in handling child development. It does not believe in
punitive punishment and instead, it applies the rewards: merit and demerit system
in instilling
discipline and in the moral formation of the child. Any form of physical
punishment is prohibited.
OUTCOMES AND IMPACT OF
PROGRAM
Figures as of September 2001
A
total of 420 children have case files and
have availed of the long-term
residential treatment. Added to this number are hundreds of other children
who have been served through the Foundation's patio program, counseling, referrals,
etc. An average of up to 5 children per week are served through these services.
There
are 130 children residing in the Street children Village. Of this number, 13 are
girls.
Tuloy
has been offering non-formal education since
1997. The school building in Makati could accommodate up to 230 resident and non-resident
children per school year.
The Foundation has produced graduates in the following three levels:
| Level III: Grade 5 & 6;
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| Level V: Third and Fourth Year High School; and
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| Level VI: Vocational Technical
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Voc-Tech students
take the TESDA trade test before the end of the school year so they can be
issued a certificate and license as third class technicians.
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LEVELS
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SY
1997-1998
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SY
1998-1999
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SY
1999-2000
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SY
2000-2001
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Total
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III
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30
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13
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21
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22
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86
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V
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9
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8
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8
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14
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39
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VI
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26
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35
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32
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41
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134
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TOTAL
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65
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56
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61
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77
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259
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Forty-one (41)
former students/wards in Tuloy have work or
are undergoing training. While 8 are taking
further studies.
Tuloy
sa Don Bosco School in
Alabang has 370 resident and non-resident students.
Non-resident students come from very poor families in Las Piñas,
Muntinlupa, and Makati, and from four other Street Children Centers in Metro Manila.
 
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