Philippines

Christmas is the time of the year when kids living in poverty in the Philippines receive a gift at their Hope Center and celebrate the birth of Jesus.

A destructive typhoon in the Philippines only served to strengthen one man’s faith in God as well as his resolve to fully support the OneChild Hope Center program where his son is enrolled.

A group of impoverished Badjao mothers in the Philippiness open their hearts and nearly empty pocketbooks to donate to survivors of Typhoon Odette.

Going from being the world’s biggest homebody to taking four planes to the other side of the world was a shock to the system — and just the jolt I needed!

Thanks to generous donors to OneChild’s Christmas Gift Fund, kids living in poverty in the Philippines who normally don’t get Christmas gifts can receive the blessings of several coveted presents.

OneChild Field Communications Specialist Babylene Bocayes visits her sponsored boy living in a hard place in the Philippines and discovers that, despite the stifling poverty, he finds joy in photography and in helping others even less fortunate than him.

A family of eight in the Philippines, devastated at losing their home in a super typhoon, breathes a sigh of relief when OneChild steps in to provide funds for them and other families in poverty to build new, sturdier homes.

A Child Champion in the Philippines uses books as therapy to reach out to children and their families in the urban poor communities of Cebu City. This unique approach was born out of her love for books and the good news from the Bible.

Genn Bacalso is a graduate of OneChild’s program in the Philippines. She fulfilled her dream of becoming a teacher through God’s grace — and the love and financial support of her sponsor. But her journey wasn’t always easy.

Child Champions in the Philippines step in to provide relief supplies and counseling to families displaced by a destructive fire in the slum they were living in.

Read about Babylene Bocayes’ experience witnessing Child Champions from different organizations coming together to welcome 50 newly registered children with their families to OneChild during a Hope Center launching on Nov. 13, 2021.

Child Champions in the Philippines step in to improve nutrition and development among chronically undernourished Badjao kids.

A pastor and Child Champion’s vision led to a OneChild partnership with an impoverished indigenous community in the Philippines. Where there once was distrust, there is now hope.

A sponsored child’s family in the Philippines desperately needed a toilet of their own but couldn’t afford one — and then Child Champions stepped in.

When Typhoon Phanfone destroyed Nalah’s house in the Philippines, it was one sad Christmas for her. But with the help of Child Champions at her Hope Center, relief was on the way.

OneChild writer Babylene Bocayes describes how a unique partnership was formed in a remote, indigenous area of the Philippines between OneChild and community leaders to bring hope to children living in a hard place.

A OneChild registered boy in the Philippines learns about leadership through volunteering in his community as he transitions from child to Child Champion.

Read about sponsored child Danica’s life as a kid living in poverty in the Philippines and how OneChild is helping her through Child Champions at her Hope Center.

When Hope Centers in the Philippines were forced to close due to pandemic restrictions, two young girls took matters into their own hands to bring joyful center-like activities to other kids in their community. With a little help from Child Champions, these little heroes brought hope and joy into the lives of children in poverty.

Amid the pandemic, Happy Horizons Children’s Ranch carries on with their mission of providing vulnerable children who were sexually abused, like Brooke, a place to heal.