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Caritas Manila raised more than P4.9 million through Caritas Telethon 2016 held recently in partnership with Radio Veritas 846.
This year’s Caritas telethon focused on “Poverty reduction through Education,” it aimed to raise public awareness on what we – as a Church can do in reducing the rate of poverty, one of the most rampant problems’ in the country.
Funds raised will be used to support almost 5,000 scholars under the Caritas Manila’s Youth Servant Leadership and Education Program (YSLEP). YSLEP is one of the Church’s responses to poverty reduction. YSLEP is the flagship program of Caritas Manila which extends financial assistance to poor but deserving youth, trains and hones the youth not only for academic excellence but also to become servant leaders and good members of the community.
To date, Caritas Manila has produced over 10,000 graduates and continues to provide educational assistance, values formation workshops, and leadership trainings to almost 5,000 students nationwide with an average of 300 college and technical/vocational graduates yearly.
Caritas Manila Executive Director Rev. Fr. Anton C.T. Pascual encouraged everyone to continue support this cause.
“Ito pong atingginawang telethon ay isang paraan upang makatulong sa ating kapwa na maibsan ang kahirapan. Ang nalikom po nating donasyon ay gagawing pondo para makatulong sa mga kabataang nais makapagtapos ng pag-aaral. Sama-sama po tayong tumulong sa mga kabataang ito sa pag-abot ng kanilang mga pangarap,” Fr. Pascual said.
It only takes P2, 100 a month (P25, 000/year) to support a scholar and help them to finish college.Also, there is a 98% chance that a household gets out of poverty when there is a college graduate in the family according to Family Income and Expenditure Study in 2009.
Caritas Manila continues to accept donations for YSLEP. Please call our DonorCare lines 563-9311, 564-0205, 0999-7943455, 0905-4285001 and 0929-8343857. To know more about the YSLEP and other programs of Caritas Manila, visit www.caritasmanila.org.ph.
