As we are able to finish the Construction of the Child Friendly Space in Barangay 704, our mission and goal does not stop here. We also contacted Ate Jo Trono from COSCA where she openly accommodated our group to create the Child Friendly Spaces in a center-based setting. The Bagong Tuluyan Center for the Street Families is a place where street families can do their household chores--taking a bath, cooking, resting, playing, reading, studying, and eating. The street families being adopted by the center are taught and encouraged on how to live a normal life--where they are safe and are protected against the harms of living in the streets. Upon seeing these people while we were meeting with Ate Jo, I realized how essential it is to have centers like this to be helping out these street families--more especially the children. Perhaps, this may be one of the reasons why we wanted to put up a Child Friendly Facility in the center--to ensure that the children of these families will be given a chance to be a kid and have a childhood they can surely remember and treasure.
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| The empty tables for the computers in the multi-purpose hall |
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| With Ate Jo (of COSCA) after our meeting with her |
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| With Ate Jo |
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| Ocular Inspection |
We met with Ate Jo where we presented our proposal for the project in the Bagong Tuluyan Center and asked for her inputs on the plans of the group. Finally, we were able to reach an agreement and we presented to her our proposed schedule for the implementation of the project. This included the days for the buying of the materials and the dates of the installation. The day we met with Ate Jo was also the day we conducted an ocular in order to check the place and make a list of the materials we will be buying for the Computer Area, day care area and the mini library area. Our meeting with her was fruitful, and we were able to agree on the schedule and dates we will be visiting.
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