📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Home for the Malnourished and Sick Children aims to help children who are sick through assisting them in medical aspects, giving them medicines and providing them the shelter where they can be taken care of. This organization was built 33 years ago under the congregation of the Missionary of Charity. The aims of the organization is to provide medical assistance to the poor and sick children as well as poor communities and provide short and long term care and stay in the facility for the poor and sick children.
💼 What the programme involves
In coordination with the Social Worker/Program Development Staff, the volunteer will be task to care and play with the sick children, assist in the non-formal education for the children (includes arts, music, sports) as well as provide personal care and health assistance to the sick children.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Living with a host family
📍 About the location
Barangay Pasil is among the poorest and most populous urban communities in Cebu City. The Missionary of Charity is located in the heart of the Pasil with many informal settlers living nearby and where the main fish port of the city is also located. Cebu City is the second biggest city in the Philippines that is rich in cultural and heritage sites.
Cebu City is known as “The Queen City of the South” having a very rich cultural heritage. It is the center of Catholic Religion that draws millions of Filipinos flocking the City during the month of January to celebrate the Feast of Senior Sto. Nino and the most awaited world renowned SINULOG Festival.
During leisure time, volunteers can choose to visit various cultural heritage sites, eco-tourism adventure activities or head to the nearest pristine white sandy beaches around the island of Cebu.
⚠️ Requirements
MTV- Euro 350 for the first month. Second to fifth months at Euro 300 per month
The project is open year round. Volunteers may be accepted anytime the project is available. Missionary of Charity also conducts community visits for medical missions. The volunteer may be assigned outside Cebu City when capable and necessary. The volunteer should be psychologically and physically prepared to care for the sick children.
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants may bring their local food (Snacks/drink), educational supplies and art materials and used educational books/clothes, vitamins/medicines if possible to be used and distributed to local children