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You can now help Fr. Tritz in his work by donating regularly and conveniently. Support ERDA by donating P5, P15, P25, P50, or P100 every 20 days.

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ERDA 5 ON

 P15

  ERDA 15 ON

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  ERDA 50 ON

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   ERDA 100 ON

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Advocacy 

 

Information campaigns are conducted to promote public awareness of child-related issues. Groups of children are mobilized to actively support causes affecting them.


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Legal Defense Program 

 

Free legal assistance is provided to certain indigent CICL detained in jails and detention centers in Manila and Quezon City. Volunteer lawyers represent in court those above 15 years old who are detained for having committed petty crimes, with the aim of having their cases dismissed.

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SaBaNa Project 


An activity center—SABANA Center—is made available where former child scavengers are provided alternative ways of earning a living while allowing them to study under the Educational Assistance Program. Tutorial sessions and ALS review sessions are also offered at the Center.


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TuKLASan Project 


At a halfway house—TUKLASAN Center—street children are provided residential care, integrated rehabilitation services including educational assistance and ALS review sessions, and processed for eventual reintegration with their families and communities.

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ABK 2 Project 


In this USDOL-funded project, children engaged in or at risk of the worst forms of child labor are placed under the Educational Assistance Program, with some of them availing of the Catch-up Program. Older children will be offered the ALS review sessions (for the A&E exams). Others will be provided Voc-Tech skills training.


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BK-RESTORE Project 


This synergy project provides for a halfway house—the BK-RESTORE Youth Home—where CICL released from detention through the Legal Defense Program are provided residential care, integrated rehabilitation services including educational assistance and ALS review sessions, and voc-tech skills training under the PALIHAN Program, before eventual reintegration with their families and communities.


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