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Mother and Child Home: supporting and empowering abused or abandoned young mothers

NGO Partnership
/ 2010

Field	Sexual abuse
Country	Philippines
City	Makati City
Beneficiaries	Young unwed women, victims of abuses, neglect and/or abandonment, with their babies
Number of beneficiaries	Between 200 and 500

Context

The Project

Purposes

The general objective is to empower young unwed women who are victims of abuse and abandonment to become socially responsible, productive and self – reliant.
This general objective will be reached through specific objectives:
- to specifically identify the mother’s problem in order to implement an individualized case management that will lead to their independence
- to increase awareness of their rights as individuals and of their responsibilities towards themselves and their children.
- to help the mothers becoming more productive, economically independent and employable through the enhancement of their capabilities, skills and social network

Activities

After welcoming, mothers are given orientation on their 6 months stay. Medical examinations, interviews of the mothers and her relatives, as well as an individual intervention plans are made.
Then, the young mothers receive medical monitoring for both physical and psychological troubles.
They are also provided with the skills to take care for their babies even with less resource, for when they will come back to their family: the educational program focuses on maternal and child care, children’s rights, family planning, prevention of abuse, sex education.
Finally, professional skills training activities and regular counseling with the Social Workers are implemented.