Helping Hands- Taguig City

We wanted to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to Save the Children Philippines and Evident for your generous support and for the invaluable lessons you shared with us about Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) and Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC).

Your sponsorship made it possible for us to deepen our understanding of how crucial early years are in shaping a child's future. It empowered us with practical knowledge that will undoubtedly impact our approach to childcare and education. Learning from your expertise has been enlightening, and your passion for this field has inspired us all.

ABLE: Achieving Better Learning and Development Opportunities through Integrated and Inclusive ECCD Systems.

We appreciate you, Save the Children Philippines, and other institutions inviting us again to discuss and provide our views to benefit the children and adults involved in PROJECT ABLE.

On January 27, 2024, our dear Sir Jude Nelson Apolonio gave a workshop on Child Safeguarding. Taguig Kids, Mr. Bryan, and Ms. Elaine were also present to discuss the rights of kids, with or without disability. We appreciate as well the participation in the poster/slogan-making project about inclusion, bullying, and discrimination, SSGs (Student Support Group) of Eusebio C. Santos Elementary School.

Together, we can use kindness, acceptance, and inclusion to create a world without discrimination and prejudice. Embracing diversity and fostering understanding can contribute to a more inclusive and harmonious global community!

Gratitude in abundance! 🍁✨ Our Helping Hands family comes together to celebrate Thanksgiving, giving thanks to every heart and hand that made this joyous event possible. Today, we celebrate the spirit of giving and unity. Thank you to all who lend a hand in making a difference.❤️

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It was indeed a moment to treasure, Helping Hands' first Thanksgiving celebration! There is nothing like the joyous smiles of children with disabilities and their parents!

All Helping Hands will go above and beyond to make you feel like you belong; all you have to do is to connect!

“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒕.”

–𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒐𝒏

A conference of all Taguig-based groups supporting children with disabilities, where the CRSA results are presented and the FGD results are reviewed.

Thank you, Save the Children Philippines, once again for this opportunity!

We give You thanks, Lord, for all of your magnificent creations, especially the ones you built beneath the sea and on earth. But even more, we are grateful for the children with disabilities that You formed in Your image and likeness, and who are now enjoying Your masterpiece!

Thank you, Save the Children Philippines for this wonderful chance for the children!

31st National Children's Month Celebration 2023

"DRAW DISABILITY ART CONTEST"

It was a great opportunity for children with disabilities to take part in an occasion where they could showcase their drawing ability with well-known and well-liked painters Teacher Baldwin and Teacher Ryan! Special thanks to the NORFIL Foundation, Inc. program, which thinks kids with disabilities have a lot of potential and should be allowed to share it! Kudos to the parents who watch over and encourage their kids in times like these!

The speaker, as Sir Ronil, said:

"WALANG BATANG MAIIWAN"

Thank you, Lord, for these talented Children you have created!

SAVE THE CHILDREN ACT Playbook 2nd Presentation and Feedbacking Session

We are grateful that Save the Children Philippines and Evident invited us to the ACT Pre-test Workshop, Amplifying Children's Voices in Transforming (Education). The aforementioned seminar's primary goal is to carry over the workshop by teaching participants how to develop our monitoring and evaluation plan and campaign messaging.

Caregivers of children with disabilities play a crucial role in their lives; as young heroes, they really benefit from our presence and support, which helps them feel more confident. As teachers, we can help them along the way by providing guidance and inspiration to help them come up with their own answers.

Sincerely appreciate the opportunity; this training taught us a lot!

We just wanted to take a moment to express how incredibly grateful we are for all the support you've shown us, Save the Children Philippines, ANSA East Asia, and the Pacific, and Funded by the European Union through Project SCOPE. It's been an amazing journey!

Project SCOPE, which stands for “Strengthening the Capacity of OPDs and Other CSOs towards Effective Civil Society-Local Government Engagement and Improved Government Accountability for Persons with Disabilities, especially Children in the Cities of Parañaque and Taguig, and Municipality of Pateros,” has been a game-changer. Huge thanks to all the sponsors for making it possible. They've been our guiding light, especially when it comes to advocating for Persons with Disabilities.

One of the most valuable parts of this program has been the training for our team at Helping Hands-Parents Support Group, Inc. They taught us the ins and outs of proper organization and policy drafting, which is crucial for our cause. It's amazing how they're taking this advocacy to key cities all over the Philippines.

We recently wrapped up the program with a closing ceremony at B Hotel on October 25, 2023. It's bittersweet to see it end, but the knowledge and skills we've gained will live on. We're committed to sharing everything we've learned not only with our members but also with those who can benefit from it.

On behalf of all the Officers and Members of Helping Hands, we're sending our best wishes to everyone involved. God bless you in all your future endeavors, and may you continue to make a positive impact!

Cheers,
The Officers and Members of Helping Hands

OPD ASSESSMENT AND LESSONS LEARNED WORKSHOP FOLLOW-UP, ENHANCEMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY PLANS, AND PREPARATION FOR CULMINATING ACTIVITY:

It was excellent to have the privilege to take part in such a fascinating event once more. This time, we discussed the lessons we had learned from the previous workshops as well as some future goals and nurturing activities.

The Workshop happened on October 14–15, 2023, at the Cocoon Hotel in Quezon City. Other Taguig-based organizations joined us. We would like to express our gratitude to Save The Children for sponsoring the seminar and hope that more Project Scope will soon follow.

On September 9 and 10, 2023, a seminar named "Project Assessment and Harvesting of Lessons Workshop" was held at the Astoria Hotel in Ortigas. It was a remarkable privilege for everyone who attended because it contemplated past events/workshops/seminars. It is essential to grasp what is learned by each workshop.

The Capacity Of Organizations Of Persons With Disabilities And Other Civil Society Organizations Towards Effective Civil Society-Local Government Engagements And Improved Government Accountability for Persons with Disabilities, Especially Children In The Cities Of Paranaque, Taguig, And Municipality Of Pateros (SCOPE)

Thank you once more, ANSA East Asia and the Pacific, Save the Children, and Funded By The European Union for this wonderful chance and for pushing us toward attaining the objectives we have set! Looking forward to more workshops!

The Helping Hands group attended an orientation seminar on the Social Security System and PhilHealth Programs and Services for Persons with Disabilities and Their Parents/Guardians. It was really very beneficial for everyone who attended the orientation because they will profit in an array of ways in the future, not only for their healthcare needs.

This was held in Lakeshore Hall, Brgy. Lower Bicutan, the City of Taguig on August 18, 2023, with the agency officials and our dear Mayor Lani Cayetano, who took the time to share the positive collaboration and the favorable outcome.

Our Vision and Mission

We, officers, accomplished today a substantial discussion regarding the Helping Hands organization's future goals!

Thank you, Sir Jude Nelson Apolonio for guiding us once again for the said meeting!

We are grateful for the opportunity to be involved in a workshop with the theme Advocacy Campaign Plan and Inclusive Learning Resource Center. The seminar's vast range of topics was extremely astounding, and we are forward to study or participate in more conversations in the future!

Thank you once more, Save the Children Philippines, Evident and Sir Jude Nelson Apolonio, for your priceless help in making this possible for us.

We wanted to express our gratitude for a great achievement in the computer training session. Hard work and dedication certainly paid off; we were delighted with the level of commitment demonstrated by each participant during the program!

Congratulations to everyone who completed the computer training program successfully. Each participant was clearly determined to succeed from the start, and their excitement was genuinely contagious. It is admirable that all are eager to learn and adopt new technology!

We would want to recognize the efforts and services of all of the trainers engaged especially, Ma'am Nery! You all did an outstanding job of making the training sessions interesting, engaging, and valuable to the participants. The information and abilities gained during the program will surely be useful. Thank you Sir Jude and Save The Children for the sponsorship!

Tomorrow would be the last session of Computer Literacy Training, hoping for all the participants to join!
See you at PDAO Office,
Taguig City Hall at 8 AM!
Please be there on time!

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It was our third session of Computer Literacy Training Program and we've learned about Microsoft Exel. It was fun learning worksheets!

We thank you, Ma'am Nery Buban, our facilitator, together with her assistants Ms. Ms. Jona to our beloved Sir Jude Nelson Apolonio, the representative of Save the Children, for your unending support to us, and to all participants who joined the training who never ever give up on opportunities like this that will enhance our knowledge and can be used in the organization and to be able to teach to our children with disabilities!

Tomorrow would be the third session of Computer Literacy Training, hoping for all the participants to join!

See you at PDAO Office,
Taguig City Hall at 8 AM!

Please be there on time!

It's an amazing program from Helping Hands-Taguig City that is sponsored by Save the Children Organization, the second session that the participants attended earlier at the PDAO Office, Taguig City Hall was completed!

Everyone listened patiently to learn Basic Computer Skills. The purpose of the said program is for each participant to learn so that it can also be shared mainly with the members of the family with different disabilities.

A million thanks to our facilitator, Ms. Nery Buban with Ms. Johanna from PDAO Office who assisted us in this learning! To Mr. Jude Nelson Apolonio, thank you for the support, especially for our food!☺️

For the registered First Batch for Computer Literacy Training, the second session of training will continue on Saturday as per Ms. Nery Buban!

See you at PDAO Office, Taguig City Hall at 8 AM!

Please be there on time!

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