Families And Children For Empowerment And Development
Families and Children for Empowerment and Development Foundation, Inc. (FCED) is a non–stock, non–profit service foundation, organized in 1987 that brings together government and non-governmental organizations and community leaders in depressed areas in Manila. It facilitates leadership development, empowerment, organizational development and social services among street children, urban poor children and their families in identified urban poor areas of Districts V and VI (Paco and Pandacan) Manila.
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