Families and Children For Empowerment and Development - Mision, Vision, and Goals

Mision, Vision, and Goals

MISSION:

• Empower street children and urban poor children and their families to develop & manage health, education, livelihood & protection programs and services in their respective barangays.

• Provide opportunities for children, youth, and parents on value clarification & education with particular emphasis on spiritual values and human rights or the rights of a child.

• Motivate & facilitate the development of self – managing community structures & people’s organizations such as the Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC) & association of parents, children, youth and microfinance groups.

• Provide opportunities for the education, skills training & increased income of street children, youth, and their families.

VISION:

= Every child is afforded a fullness of life, enjoys the rights of a child. Every child has a loving & caring relationship with a family.

= Every child becomes a participating & productive member of society.

= Every family is empowered to have responsible parents, able to manage its endeavors, to raise its productive level & to meet the needs of its members especially the children.

= Every community/barangay has a set of viable, effective community structures that are initiating, implementing & evaluating community programs & projects & to meet the basic needs of children and their families.

GOALS:

- To provide the twelve (12) identified depressed barangays of Paco & Pandacan a set of viable effective community structures (e.g. the Barangay Council for the Protection of Children) that are initiating, implementing & evaluating community programs & projects to meet needs of street children & their families.

- To assist resident families in Paco – Pandacan urban poor areas & their children in order to manage child rights based programs and services related to child survival, development, protection & participation.

- To protect at least 85% of the participating street & urban poor children against all forms of abuse and exploitation, hazards & conditions prejudicial to the physical, mental, emotional, social & moral participation.

- To prevent the proliferation of street children in cooperation with the members of the community.

- To assist the marginalized participating families in meeting their basic needs of food, clothing & basic education for the school age children.

- To provide a venue for the participating families to manifest attitudes that upholds the dignity of personhood & respect the rights of women & children.