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As part of phase one of the development of the Martin James Foundation's Asia Care Network, comprehensive studies of the care system in each country were conducted to highlight the need for developing alternative care systems across South-East Asia. This case study highlights the relevant data from the Philippines.
According to the case study, the Child and Youth Welfare Code of 1972 states that institutional care should only…
Typhoon Haiyan is the most powerful storm ever recorded. It made landfall in the morning of 8 November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province, causing extensive damage to life, housing, livelihoods and infrastructure across nine of the Philippines’ poorest provinces. The islands of Leyte and Samar were hardest hit: 90 percent of the infrastructure of Leyte’s largest urban center, Tacoloban City, was destroyed. Philippines authorities estimate that 13 million people have been affected, 3.4 million displaced, and at least 5,209 people are confirmed dead.
To better understand the impact of Typhoon…
Country report of the Philippines on the situation of children in residential care in anticipation of the Second International Conference on Children and Residential Care: New Strategies for a New Millennium, to be held in Stockholm 12 – 15 May 2003.
In the Philippines, statistics on various indicators of vulnerability suggest that a significant number of children are in need of special protection. Of the 22.53 million school aged children (aged 5-17 years), only 77% were enrolled during the school-year 1999-2000 and about 5 million were not attending school. There are an…