OUR HELPING HANDS.

CAMILLUS MEDHAVEN.

Camillus MedHaven serves as the base of operations for the program. Originally the St. Camillus Home of Charity, Camillus MedHaven used to house and care for these handicapped children. However, faced with difficulties in financing its continued operations, the members or the Order of St. Camillus decided to offer the shelter and health care services to paying retired and infirmed elderly. The Order then ventured into a program-based community development-oriented intervention to address the needs of disabled children of impoverished families. A part of the income of Camillus MedHaven also funds the project.

LILIANE FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES

The work of Liliane Foundation in the Philippines began in 1985 with Sr. Argentia Naval, SFIC, who started as a mediator and eventually became the National coordinator in 1994. The Liliane Foundation Philippines is duly registered as a branch office of Liliane Foundation Netherlands. Liliane Fondation has partner-organizations nationwide. Its work is carried out by 150 local mediators supervised by 9 regional mediators. As of 2004, LFP has assisted 7,500 children and youth with disabilities from Aparri to Jolo.

Liliane Foundation Philippines is mandated to extend tailor-made, person-centered, small-scale and direct assistance to children and youth with various forms of disabilities, 0-25 years of age. These children are visually impaired, orthopedically handicapped, hearing impaired, physically handicapped, mentally challenged or and those with cerebral palsy.

Community support for children with disabilities is generated through advocacy on the rights of the children and youth with disabilities, mainstreaming and inclusion and community-based rehabilitation activities. While Liliane Foundation Philippines networks with local partner-organizations for funding and operational support. The assistance for each child is monitored through the International Data Processing System.

The Liliane Foundation Philippines was established with the following objectives:

a) to manage, administer and implement policies pertinent to granting of financial assistance (evaluation of applications for funding, and monitoring and reporting of financial grants to qualified beneficiaries);

b) to serve as the final phase of the Netherlands Office decentralized policy;

c) to organize and/or strengthen volunteer networks for children and youth with disabilities

and

d) to screen possible and potential partner-organizations in assisting children with disabilities.

Liliane Foundation Philippines addresses the needs of disabled children in two ways:

A. Direct Assistance:

1. Home-based and center-based special education which includes activities for daily living and pre-vocational skills development.

2. Inclusive education where children with disabilities are enrolled in the regular classes

3. Medical assistance which includes surgery, and physiotherapy

4. Assistive devices and sensorial prosthesis - clutches, wheelchairs, PT, artificial limbs, prosthesis, hearing aids, artificial eyes, canes and shunts.

5. Income generating projects for the youth with disabilities and parents of children with severe disabilities who will always remain dependent on care

6. Social rehabilitation through socialization activities

B. Basic Facilities for:

1. Capability building for the youth, their parents, mediators and co-workers like Basic Orientation on Community-Based Rehab, Program Management, Financial Management, clustering of regional mediators

2. Small-scale rehabilitation/resource center

3. Rehabilitation equipment