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SOS Children's Villages in Lipa
Children's Village Lipa is situated at Banay-Banay, a suburb of Lipa City. Lipa is about 150 km from the capital, Manila, on the island of Luzon. The SOS Children's Village consists of 12 family houses, the village director's house, and a community house.
The younger children are looked after at the SOS Kindergarten, which is also open to children from the neighbourhood. It has three group rooms, a multi-purpose hall and a playground. In 1989, a home for retired SOS mothers was established. In 2006, the SOS Social Centre opened its doors. It consists of an office, a multi-purpose hall and a room for medical treatment. The centre offers day care for children from the neighbourhood and runs community support and family strengthening programmes.
The SOS Children's Village also has two SOS Youth Facilities, one for girls and one for boys. Youngsters in their mid-teens from the SOS Children's Village normally move to an SOS Youth Facility when they start a vocational training course or go on to higher education. With the support of qualified youth workers, they develop realistic perspectives for their future, learn to shoulder responsibility and increasingly make their own decisions.
They are encouraged to develop team spirit and build up contacts with relatives and friends, as well as with the relevant authorities and potential employers. The SOS Youth House for girls is on the premises of the SOS Children's Village, whereas the one for boys is at a separate location closer to the city centre.
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The SOS Kindergarten in Philippines are a fundamental building block for the early development needs including, intellectual and social skills for children. |
1 KINDERGARTENS | 100 Kindergarten students |
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SOS Social Centres in Philippines aim is to help families, in particular women and children, living in communities neighbouring the SOS Children's Villages to gradually escape from poverty, and to help young people become self-reliant. |
2 SOCIAL CENTRES | 648 Beneficiaries |
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SOS Vocational Training Centres in Philippines provide young adults from our youth centres, SOS villages and the surrounding community with the skills they will need to secure reliable employment. They provide realistic job opportunities for the future and an avenue to independence. |
1 VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES | 91 Youth and adult students |
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The SOS Children's Village in Philippines provides loving homes to orphaned and abandoned children |
1 VILLAGES | 99 Orphaned and Abandoned Children |
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The SOS Youth Facilities in Philippines provides youth with a loving environment where they learn to transition into independent living and to expand their education |
1 YOUTH FACILITIES | 35 Youths in our Care |
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