OUR MISSION
To make quality education accessible to the most underserved youth sectors of the Philippines, and to help uphold education as a right for all and not a privilege for the upper-class.
OUR VISION
For more street children in the Philippines to have access to quality education — particularly in English, Math, Science, and Art — that will help them alleviate poverty within their families and communities.
SUMMARY OF THE PROBLEM
Extreme poverty is an ailment that continues to afflict the country. In 2015, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the subsistence incidence among Filipino families — that is, the proportion of families living in extreme poverty — was at 5.7 percent. This means that around 1.3 million Filipino families still can’t afford their basic needs. In the face of extreme poverty, families often sacrifice the education of children, opting to put the little money that they have in more immediate needs. According to the 2016 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey, almost 10 percent of the estimated 39 million Filipinos 6 to 24 years old were out-of-school children and youth (OSCY). The most common reasons among OSCYs for not attending school were marriage or family matters, high cost of education or financial concerns.