{"id":899,"date":"2012-10-23T08:11:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T08:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/74.220.215.242\/~standrf3\/risen\/?page_id=899"},"modified":"2021-07-14T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T19:50:29","slug":"philippines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/missions\/foreign-missions\/philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Provincial House (Philippines, Taiwan, & Hong Kong)
<\/strong>Madre de Dios, Emperatriz de China in Lipa, Philippines<\/p>

Houses of Formation
<\/strong>Aspirancy Santa Agnese in Celleno
Novitiate Santa Agatha Lin Zhao in Lipa
Juniorate House of Studies Birhen ng Biglang Awa in Lipa\u00a0<\/p>

Apostolic Houses
<\/b>Community Birhen ng Lujan in Caloocan (home of mercy)
Community Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Antipolo in Caloocan
Community Beata Victoria de Diez in Pasig

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Our sisters have been present in the Philippines since 2004. We are located in, Bagong Barrio, Kalookan, which is one of the poorest areas in Metro Manila.<\/p>

From the beginning, the sisters appointed to this mission have been working hard to help the people of this area. Currently, the sisters\u2019 apostolate includes feeding programs for malnourished children, visiting and bringing medicine to the sick, providing rice for families at a very cheap price, and a formation program for children and youth in order to improve the current situations of the society.<\/p>

Challenges for Children<\/strong><\/p>

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Due to the poverty, access to and quality of basic services in nutrition, education, and health are major challenges for children in the Philippines. Eight out of ten children are unable to access early childhood services. Many Filipino first-graders enter school without the skills they need to learn. In Metro Manila, overcrowded schools result in teachers holding classes in two or three shifts a day. The public education system’s inability to catch up with rapid growth in the student population has led to a serious decline in the quality of instruction and student achievements.<\/p>

Besides from poor education, an alarming number of very young children in the Philippines have iron deficiency anemia. Among older children, this is \"\" compounded by soil-transmitted parasitic worms that cause malnutrition and diseases \u2013 a result of poor sanitation and hygiene. In the area where our Institute is present, a great majority of children, do not have the chance to study or grow up in a healthy environment, and would consequently become potential victims of prostitution, drugs, abuse, etc.<\/p>

In 2003, 46.4% of the Philippine population lived with less than two dollars a day, which means that out of 37 million people; more than eleven million live in situations of extreme poverty.According to governmental sources, 25 million Philippines do not have access to the potable water and only 26 million can have cleaning water. The poor, who do not have potable water are most vulnerable to the diseases such as diarrhea, filariasis, and respiratory diseases (tuberculosis, pneumonia and bronchitis).<\/p>

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The Philippines are also a country highly affected by the infantile sexual abuse. According to UNICEF in 2001, it is esteemed that the number of children (girls and boys) in prostitution situations is approximately 100,000 (90% of them are girls; 70% of the girls are between 11 and 17 years and come from the poorest zones of country). (ONG ECPAT, 2004)<\/p>

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