Our community program seeks to prevent occurrence of abuse and neglect among children by building stronger families and sustainable communities.
It provides integrated services from its core interventions: Family Case Management and Family Development, to internal referrals to Virlanie Health, Education and Integration Pillars, as well as external referrals to other partners (LGU, Barangays, DSWD, NGOs, Specialized Health Centers, etc.)
This program reaches out to four urban poor communities of Metro-Manila: Barangay Bagong Silangan (Quezon City), Quiapo, Sampaloc and Parola (Manila) where it leads community-based interventions including community counseling, livelihood and professional trainings, income-generating projects and sponsoring of children’s education.
Since 2010, Virlanie has been providing community-based interventions in the Bagong Silangan Community within the previously called Family Program. Various community projects have been implemented by community members with Virlanie’s support in terms of facilitation and organization. Among others are a community savings and emergency fund, a rice retailing enterprise and a home-based mini bakery. Since 2017, mothers and young adults have been offered vocational trainings in the ODC-ET. In 2018, community-based baking and beauty care trainings have been conducted. After the closure of ODC-ET in 2019, sewing machines and baking equipments were transferred to Bagong Silangan for livelihood trainings and community production purposes.
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Street mother trainee from iLead ODC-ET
