3rd Quarter Report

EAP – DBAF QUARTERLY REPORT I.

Period Covered

II.

Program Statistics (Students Served)

Grade/Year Level Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year III.

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Enrolled Boys Girls Total 12 12 24 22 20 42 21 20 41 13 24 37 16 27 43 7 14 21 23 22 45 10 12 22 6 12 18 4 3 7

July – September 2009

Dropped Out Boys Girls Total

Boys 12 22 21 13 16 7 23 10 6 4

Continuing Girls Total 12 24 20 42 20 41 24 37 27 43 14 21 22 45 12 22 12 18 3 7

Activities Undertaken

Activity Highlights 1. Convention on the Rights of  The activity was facilitated by the BCPC advocate of the child Barangay 842. This was held last August 2, 2009 at CARITAS Manila  150 EAP –DBAF beneficiaries were oriented about their rights and responsibility and well guided on the information and abuses 2. Values Session  Almost 90% of EAP–DBAF beneficiaries continuously attend sessions held every Saturday. Sessions are classified into groups based on grade/year level.  Through this session, children are helped to value their education and to pursue their aspirations. 3. Advocacy on Child Abuse  137 EAP-DBAF beneficiaries have successfully and Referral Flow Chart completed the 4. School, Home Visitation and  Substantial monitoring and observation of the Counseling students’ performance at home and in school were carried out to fully supporting the development of the children for them to further carry on to the next level. As a result, all 300 students being supported regularly attending their classes and were also able to acquire good grades. 5. Monthly Meeting with  Regular meeting/consultation with parents was

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regularly facilitated by the EAP Social Workers to ensure that issues and concerns pertinent to school, family, community or sometimes personal matters was discussed. All parents were actively participated in a regular meeting. 6. Tutorial Sessions with some  Students who were having difficulty with their EAP – DBAF children academic subjects were provided tutorial classes every Saturday by groups of students from La Salle St. Benilde. This activity is not limited to lecture and discussion on the different academic subjects but also encourages active participation and develops the self confidence of the children.  Tutorials are conducted with individual children who currently encounter difficulties in coping with their class sessions.  Through these sessions, the students were able to catch up with their lessons, acquire better grades and learned some values on good study habits. 7. Regular consultation students and parents

with  To give opportunities for expressing their deepest values and thoughts towards education, individual consultation between the social worker, student and parent/guardian were also conducted to those priority EAP cases once in a month. These sessions helps them to ventilate feelings to share their ideas, opinions and concerns.

8. Facilitating Skills Training  The EAP were trained on how to facilitate/conduct for Children and Youth simple session among their age group. IV.

Significant of Accomplishment  Completed a systematic profile of beneficiaries, each scholar was assigned a child profile number.  Gain support of different school in the implementation of FCED-Educational Program through monitoring of the academic standing of all EAP children  Structuring of BCPC-Education Committee Leaders  Developed a monitoring tool which will be utilized to regularly monitor the activities of the students at home, school and within their community. This tool is now administered by the BCPC Education Committees in their barangays to collect the feedback so that social workers can easily respond if issues/ concerns arise.  For the month of August and September, two trainings were conducted, training on CRC – Convention on the Rights of the Child and RA 7610- Advocacy on Child Abuse and Flow Chart.

 Regular distribution of Transportation and Meal Allowances to DB beneficiaries V.

How was the grant money been used? ( Impact of the Program) Part of the grants was used for the following: • •

Trainings - the children were able to undergo different trainings which developed learning about their rights, responsibilities both within their family and at community at large. Meal and Transportation allowances for EAP-DBAF Scholars

Impact of the Program Parents Children • The parents begins to strengthen • The children learned to value their support system towards the their education and became more education of their children enthusiastic towards their studies • They had embraced their duties • They also had the chance to and responsibilities in EAP as develop their talent and skills they learn to value the through participating with the importance of their participation EAP activities • Direct assistance given to the • Enhanced their communication beneficiaries helps in by means of socialization with augmentation of daily school other children under the program needs (e.g. meals, • Boosted self-esteem and self-trust transportation)

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Problem Encountered? How was it solved? Some planned activities such as Sports fest, SFL (Skills for Life), Inter School Meeting was postponed due to the occurrence of typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng wherein most of our beneficiaries were affected. After the typhoon we have conducted area visit at different affected barangays to check the living condition of our beneficiaries. It was found out that most of the communities were flooded especially the ones who lives nearby the creek. As per disaster response, we have conducted advanced distribution of meals and transportation allowances of children to help the families in augmenting their needs. This was made possible through the concerted efforts of the social workers in coordination with the BCPC Education Committees.

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Future Plans/Plans in the Succeeding Quarter • • • •

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Continuous monitoring of DB scholars both in school and at home through the help of BCPC-Education Committee Regular Meeting with the BCPC Education Committee per barangay for feedbacking and updates Regular monthly meeting with Deutsche Bank Scholars In order to ensure the effective implementation of the program in the succeeding quarter, the Program Supervisor will closely monitor and assess the social worker’s performance by conducting consultation and meetings with students and parents. It will also try to enhance its case management and documentation system, particularly with children who are in distressful and struggling situation. MOA signing with schools to strengthen partnership as part of developmental activities of EAP children To conduct Leadership and Paralegal Session for Parent Leaders Implementation of the Skills for Life Training among vulnerable students

VIII. Changes in the Organization There was a staff transition, Ms. Marilyn C. Gamboa will be handling some EAP – Deutsche Bank beneficiaries and at the same time will be the supervisor of Educational Assistance Program. Ms. Jeraldine Rey will continue to manage other EAP-Deutsche Bank Beneficiaries. The new staff will handle and focus on particular barangays such as 849, 853, 827,844, and 84. IX.

Financial Report

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Case Study

1. Garcia, Geronimo Child is a 12-year old male, residing at 1423-B Ilang Ilang St., Pandacan, Manila and a 1st year student at Carlos P. Garcia High School. He is living with his grandmother Marcela, 69, widow who hails from Samar, Leyte. They belonged to the poorest of the poor in the community. Child’s father is already deceased while the mother has abandoned him since birth thus he was taken custody by his grandmother. They get their daily sustenance from the sari-sari store of Aling Marcela with a daily income of Php90.00 the least.

The house that they lived in was formerly a Coca Cola store which was given to Chairman De Guzman, previous barangay captain of barangay 849. In which he also granted to Aling Marcela due to their economic status. Thus they don’t pay for the rent as well as water connection has been provided by the chairman so it is for free. Every end of the month, Mang Luciano the other son of Aling Marcela would send them 5 kilos of rice to augment their needs. As per BCPC Education leader Minda Rueda, child is motivated to attend class every day.

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2. Vigo, Ma. Riza Child is a 12-year old female, who lives with her family in 1912 Barrio Mabolo Obesis, Pandacan, Manila. She is currently enrolled in Manuel A. Roxas High School as freshman. Eldest among the brood of six, her parents are Mang Jonathan who works as a signage painter with an income of Php300.00/day while the mother, Aling Emita, a plain housewife tends the children needs. The father has been previously assigned in Cebu and all the children have been left to the care of the mother. There came a time that Mang Jonathan failed to send money for the family and this caused more hardship to the family since Aling Emita has no income. Due to this, she requested for her husband to be transferred to Manila. The assistance provided by FCED is really a big help to the family. Child is active in participation with extra-curricular activities. She is also motivated to finish her studies to help her family in the future. 3. Vincent Marrion Candelario Vincent Marrion was called by his friends and family as “ Bentong “, name after the actor Bentong. Bentong came from a broken family, he was being left by his parents to his grandparents since birth. His parents seldom visit him. His grandfather is a policeman and his grandmother is a housewife who has 5 children who are in school, 2 in highschool and 3 in the elementary including Bentong but despite of their difficulties, his guardian continue to support him especially in his basic needs. Although he lacked an attention from his original family still he is happy with his grandparents. In school, Bentong is active in his academics and participates well in the school activities and even activities conducted by FCED. 4. Cyd Angel Granado Angel is the eldest daughter among the two siblings. Her father works as a family driver based in Vito Cruz Manila who earns P 4,500.00 monthly. Her mother is a part time sewer in a garments with an honorarium basis. She is 3 months pregnant to her 3rd

baby. For them their income is not sufficient to meet their basic needs especially now that she is pregnant. Angel can help her mother especially in doing the household chores like washing the dishes, sweeping the floor and etc. She is good in school academics although she's a bit shy in school. XI.

Activity Photos

Convention on the rights of the child session held last August 2, 2009

150 EAP-DBAF Beneficiaries have successfully completed the session

Advocacy on Child Abuse and Protective Measures held last September 20, 2009

137 EAP-DBAF beneficiaries have received their Certificate of completion