📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Brief description and main aims :
ANCE started in 1982 by a group of professionals who wanted to share the blessings that they received from God through charitable works like seasonal feeding to malnourished children, distribution of goodies during Christmas and provision of school supplies to a few elementary pupils in the mountain schools in Cebu City. oe
Its aims are:
Improvement of the quality of life of children and their families through liberation and developmental projects with their active participation and in respect to the dignity of creation. Restoration and nurture of cultural values of the Filipinos especially that of peace, equity, social wellbeing and solidarity among the different cultural groups. Mainstreaming of marginalized groups or sectors in governance either in the community or government.
Conservation of nature and environment.
Main Activities :
Conduct of regular learning activities with the pre scholeers -
Supplementary Feeding Program for children 7 years old and below and senior citizens in depressed areas -
Provision of school supplies for preschool and elementary children -
Family Based Enterprise Development / Micro Finance -
Medical Assistance and Emergency Assistance -
Water for Peace Development in Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte in partnership with ECOWEB and LIFE4WATER -
Capacity building activities among the marginalized sectors of the society
Issue Advocacy -
Conduit for development projects of different NGOS/Organizations in Cebu City and Agusan (Mindanao) -
Development of life skills -
Community/household visitations -
Basic Education and Health Programme for the Poor Children in Lapulapu City (Phase 2) -
Integral Evangelization Through BEC Formation among the Families living in the Cemeteries in Cebu City -
Empowering Women: Economic Self Reliance through Cooperative in Kabac, Bantayan Island -
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteer tasks :
Assist the trainers/facilitators in volunteer preparation activities -
Assist tutorial sessions on academic subjects -
Assist in development of arts, music, sports activities -
Assist the capacity building programs and activities -
Assist the staff in the daily office work like development of promotional -materials like print, audio and video presentations, resource mobilization, etc. -
Assist the capacity building programs and activities -
Mingle with the children/volunteers and other clients/partners without prejudice and to share also his/her experiences from the country where she/he came from.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Live in the accommodation facility of We Spark Action Inc. or in a host family if work assignment is outside Cebu City.
📍 About the location
The urban communities of Cebu and Lapu-lapu Cities are mostly situated in Public cemeteries where family of informal settlers live. ANCE activities are mostly conducted in the said areas. Public transportation is readily available and it is only about 10 minutes' drive to the nearest department stores/malls , city centres, hospital facilities and other leisure areas.
Cebu City is located on the central eastern part of Cebu Province, an island at the center of the Visayas in Southern Philippines. It is a highly-urbanized city. The population reached 799,762 people in 2007.
ℹ️ Additional information
Participation from 4 weeks to 16 weeks. Fee of 350 ' is for 4 weeks; each additional week is 50 '. Open all year, arrival date is free.