Good Shepherd Sisters
Pagadian City
BALAY PAGLAUM SA MAAYONG MAGBALANTAY
BALAY PAGLAUM SA MAAYONG MAGBALANTAY...
...established as a response to the need for shelter home for women and girls in Pagadian, through the invitation of Bishop Cabajar, CSsR, DD
....a refuge for women and girls in difficult situation while undergoing healing and empowering programs to help them move on with life
...a place where healing and reconciliation with self can happen together with creation
..run and administered by the Good
Shepherd Sisters
The Good Shepherd Congregation (RGS) founded by St. Mary Euphrasia is an international, apostolic religious institute of Pontifical right with a Mission of Reconciliation and a Charism of Merciful Love
A. Residential Care – provide women and girls in difficult situation with a safe and comfortable temporary shelter while they undergo healing processes through integral and wholistic residential care
Counseling and Therapeutic Services
Group Living and Group Dynamics
Value Formation
Sessions and Reflections on Ecology, Social and Current Issues
Medical Assistance
B. Education and Formation—promote and encourage the development of the residents through education and skills training
C. Spiritul Enrichment—enhance faith and spiritual life of the residents through formation and prayer sessions
D. Legal Assistance - support and prepare the residents for legal cases
Re-Integration to the Wider Community
–prepare residents to re-integrate and go back to reintegrate and go back to family and community setting
E Advocacy and Networking –establish, develop and maintain linkages and networking for the advocacy of women and children’s rights and assistance in the healing and transformation of abused women and girls
“A person is of more value than the whole world."
world”
Guided by Art. 6 of the Constitution of the Good Shepherd Congregation
E Advocacy and Networking –establish, develop and maintain linkages and networking for the advocacy of women and children’s rights and assistance in the healing and transformation of abused women and girls
Re-Integration to the Wider Community
“our specific orientation is to girls and
women whose condition in life cries out
for healing and salvation which Jesus a
lone can bring. We are deeply committed to
their human and spiritual healing and integral
development”
A joint effort of the
HOMES 4 HOPE
FOUNDATION
and the
SISTERS OF THE
GOOD SHEPHERD
in collaboration with the
DIOCESE OF PAGADIAN
in facilitating the
development of
women and girls
For inquiries, referrals and donations, contact:
BALAY PAGLAUM SA
MAAYONG MAGBALANTAY
c/o
Sabakan
Diocesan Ministry to Women
Tel. No. (062) 214-33-64
For every woman or child who is abused,
All of us are abused.
RESPECT AND PROTECT
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
RIGHTS!
The Context...
In a country where 87% are living below the poverty threshold, women and children are forced into situations in which they are vulnerable to all forms of abuse and exploitation.
As of 2008, data from the Phil. National Police and Dept. of Social Welfare and Development shows that a child is abused every 56 minutes. Child battering at 55.7% records the highest number of cases, followed by rape and attempted rape in violence against children cases.
In cases of violence against women , 2008 data shows that a woman is abused every 1 hour and 3 minutes. Domestic violence and women battering at 67.7% records the highest number of cases in violence against women.
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Our VISION
We, in Balay Paglaum sa Maayong Magbalantay, envision developed persons enjoying the fullness of one’s personhood and participating in a society that is free from violence, abuse and exploitation where the rights of all are respected and protected
Our
Our mission is to facilitate the experience of the Merciful Love of Jesus, the Good Shepherd by journeying with women and girls in difficult situation towards reconciliation with self, others, creation and God. In reclaiming their dignity as persons, we provide them with a safe place and accompany them in their healing processes and personal development
Target Beneficiaries:
Women and Girls ages 7 years old and above survivors of violence, injustice and abuse
Prostituted women and other cases of human trafficking
Referrals for immediate shelter e.g. single mothers, pregnant women
Non-eligibles: drug dependents, alcoholic, mentally disturbed and psychologically imbalanced, special children and/or vulnerable adults, and those with communicable diseases
C. Spiritul Enrichment—enhance faith and spiritual life of the residents through formation and prayer sessions
Counseling and Therapeutic Services