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Operation Blessing equips financially needy individuals, especially parents of children enrolled in its Bless-a-Child and Back-to-School programs, with practical training, tools and resources, such as self-help seminars essential to attaining economic self-sufficiency. The foundation also assists individuals and families in setting up small-scale businesses to help improve their socio-economic condition, while teaching and encouraging them to save and make good use of their money through the Bayanihan Banking Sytem. Another form of livelihood assistance is the: Mobile Out-of-School Training (MOST): A mobile job skills training or out-of-school youth and unemployed individuals.   Wednesday, 27 May 2009Shaping New Hope in Clay DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental – Piled inside Marlon and Anita’s house are rows of vases, jars, pots and earthen stoves. Everything is made from clay, molded by tireless calloused hands. ...more...  Wednesday, 06 May 2009New Skills Mean Hope DAVAO CITY – Teenagers today may be tech-smart and cellphone-savvy, yet the age-old problem of out-of-school youth still persists in their generation. ...more... Monday, 05 January 2009 "Striker" Finds a Way Out “What happened to me was terrible,” Jason* shared. “I could’ve died.” He shook his head as he recounted his first buy-bust operation in 2005 that went badly amiss. Two gunshots knocked him unconscious–his bulletproof vest saving him from certain death. He was only 16 then. ...more... Thursday, 20 November 2008 Hope for the Hopeless As a father, his heart breaks every time he sees his family scrimping on food or clothes. But what can he do? ...more... Thursday, 30 October 2008 Ripples of God’s Blessings A child fed, a community uplifted. This is how Operation Blessing sees Payatas emerging from the shadow of Metro Manila’s largest dumpsite. And one family is in the forefront of this beautiful transformation. ...more... |
