Clowning around gives children hope
More than 1,300 children in some of the areas hardest hit by last November’s Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) were able to put aside their worries for a time and smile and laugh at a series of . . .
Congratulations to CFSI’s Mary Anne Bianca Guidotti
CFSI would like to congratulate Mary Anne Bianca Guidotti, Technical Assistant in the Office of the Executive Director, on being crowned Binibining Pilipinas International in the Binibining Pilipinas (Miss Philippines) contest for 2014. Mary Anne (aka Bianca) will now represent the Philippines in the Miss International 2014 contest in Tokyo, Japan, in November.
Toys brighten the lives of children in typhoon-hit Guiuan
Members of CFSI’s Child Rights Project in the Visayas distributed hundreds of toys sent from the US to children in typhoon-hit Guiuan.
A day to celebrate, a day to remember
Today is a day to celebrate, a day to remember. Mark this day in your calendar, mark this day in your heart. At 16:00 this afternoon, 27 March 2014, the Peace Panels of the Government . . .
Landmark agreement strengthens social work sector in Viet Nam
Community and Family Services International is continuing to support the development of Viet Nam’s social-work sector with the signing of a ground-breaking Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on March 12, 2014, that will enable 200 planning and management officials to receive master’s degrees in social work by 2017.
CFSI receives Plaque of Appreciation from Zamboanga City Mayor
Zamboanga City Mayor Ma. Isabelle “Beng” Climaco presented CFSI with a special "Plaque of Appreciation" on March 18 in recognition of the organisation's ongoing response to the crisis in Zamboanga.
Distributing hygiene kits to stranded island communities
Homonhon Island 1Little was left after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck Homonhon Island in Eastern Samar province on November 8 last year. The typhoon, which wreaked havoc throughout the Central Visayas region of the Philippines, destroyed all forms of transportation on the island, leaving local communities stranded and isolated.[pullquote]We could not let those communities languish without assistance because they were isolated.
Assisting typhoon recovery in isolated mountain community
On the second day of February, together with my CFSI colleagues Venus and Edison, and Tukkie from UNHCR, we left Guiuan around five in the morning bound for Barangay Maybunga - a poor community situated on top of a mountain in the municipality of Balangiga in Eastern Samar that was hard hit by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which struck the Central Visayas region of the Philippines on November 8.
Toys and slippers for displaced children in Zamboanga
CFSI’s Child Protection and Education Project (CPEP) and new donor the Sarang Bangun Learning Center distributed toys and more than 200 pairs of slippers on February 12, 2014, to displaced children sheltering at Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex in Zamboanga City.
CFSI project team meets with Zamboanga City Mayor
Staff from CFSI's Psychosocial Support to IDPs Project in Zamboanga City, headed by Project Officer Lorelie Estores-Panganiban (center), paid a courtesy visit to Zamboanga City Mayor Ma. Isabelle "Beng" Climaco (second from right) on February 14, 2014, to introduce CFSI and the project.