Child Protection Milestones
July is typhoon season here in the Philippines. It was challenging for us to do community programs because of flood and rain, but we thank the Lord for enabling us. We literally weathered the storm. Thank you for your prayers and support, we firmly believe that together we can continue to create meaningful change and empower communities to thrive.
JULY MONTHLY WINS:
Our CK teens joined the church youth camp. They engaged in various team-building activities that develop teamwork, resilience, empathy, and leadership. But for us the biggest win is seeing them have fun and be normal kids in a safe church community, not doing child labor while slowly getting to know the Lord in their life and then realizing there is hope in life, hope in Jesus’ name.
Our team was invited to participate in a huge conference in Cebu called Code Red Movement. This movement is about teaching leaders how to reach the next generation and we were honored to introduce Redeeming Zoe and share what we do, our child protection lessons and initiatives to over 600 participants.
We held four child protection trainings this month, two were face-to-face and two were done online, thanks to the digital age we can now reach people from different places in no time. This month we trained a total of 178 children and adults educated on internet safety and child protection.
WHAT’S TO COME:
Trainings online for partners outside of Cebu
Children’s prevention program at a dumpsite here in Cebu
PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please pray for opportunities to go to more islands in the Philippines like Luzon or Mindanao where OSAEC is also reportedly happening
Please pray we can grow our reach to more than 50 children in each barangay outreach. At this time, because of manpower and resources, we can only cater to up to 50 children when we do the 8-lesson booklet training at each barangay.
Please pray we hire a social media person soon so that we can give more updates on our social media platform
(Barangay is the native Filipino term for district/village)