Growth 2008 – 2020
Our two native teams in The Philippines are located in Manila and on the island of Cebu.
For over 10 years, our native team on the island of Cebu have been working to make a lasting change in the lives of those affected by extreme poverty. Our work of reaching orphans and at-risk children suffering from the effects of extreme poverty is being sustained and multiplied by a widely diverse farmland enterprise. The farm produces several tons of produce annually. In its lifetime it has produced over half a million eggs, over 17 tons of coconuts, and a steady flow of fish, bananas, vegetables, along with profits from a goat and pork stockbreeding enterprise.
Profits generated from the farmland, combined with your donations, allow us to operate a girls home and two “Children’s Hope Centers.” The “Hope Centers” are after-school care programs striving to ensure that children stay successfully enrolled in school, offering free tutoring, fresh meals, and school supplies. One is in Manila, the other on our main campus on the island of Cebu.
Our Cebu team also operates a program that is equipping at-risk women and their daughters to avoid the perils of human trafficking by fostering their creative skills in craft-making small businesses. Some of their creations can be found at SheHasHope.org. Sadly, the island of Cebu is a major trafficking hub in Asia. With your help, we are able to spare women and girls from being susceptible to traffickers on the island who lure impoverished women with false promises of good jobs abroad only to become slaves once they leave the country.
Read recent stories of impact from our Philippines programs:
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Cebu: Story of one impoverished girl’s transformation at orphan home; education and farmland programs news roundup
Photo: The girls living at our Cebu Girls Home are thankful for weekly harvests of bananas on our farmland enterprise, the profits supplementing our programs. Today we are happy to share the redemptive story of a girl living at our orphan home, 12-year-old Tala.* She came to live with us this year because her family […]
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Cebu: Farmland enterprise enjoys ongoing harvest at fishery; students receive high scores on final exams; story of one child’s progress in our programs
Photo: A student at our Children’s Hope Center after school care program is happy about the tutoring and nutrition support she receives, ensuring her success in school. We are very happy to report that all 40 children (ages 6-18) enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center after-school care program on the island of Cebu, Philippines, took […]
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Cebu farmland sees successful fishery harvest, piggery repairs; 40 at-risk students continue to benefit from tutoring program at Children’s Hope Center
Photo: The girls are proud to show us a sample of the fishery harvest at our girls home campus. Since we last shared a report from our programs on the island of Cebu, Philippines, our Children’s Hope Center participants enjoyed a Christmas celebration in December, which we want to update you about today. Thanks to […]
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Manila Children’s Hope Center news roundup; story of one impoverished girl’s transformation through our after-school care program
Photo: Girls enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center program are excelling in school thanks to our nutrition program and after-school tutoring. Since we last reported on our Manila Children’s Hope Center, Christmas has passed, and we want to give you an update on how the children enjoyed the season. Our loving staff and volunteers threw […]
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Peace Gospel celebrates 25 years of serving orphans and trafficking survivors with the support of 232 tons of produce yielded from our farmland projects in Asia and Africa
Photo: Thanks to your support, a look back at our history reveals restored lives and hope among the thousands of children we’ve served. Today we want to take a walk through the history of Peace Gospel to look at what we’ve done together, your donation appeal dollars at work, to transform the lives of our […]
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Philippines hen house project now producing 3600 eggs monthly, providing nutrition and funding for children’s outreach programs
Photo: A girl enrolled in our “Children’s Hope Center” outreach receives nutritious meals which include eggs produced at our hen house. Today we want to share the history of our hen house project on the island of Cebu, Philippines, which is an integral part of our farmland enterprise as it provides a source of nutrition […]
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Manila Children’s Hope Center enrollment increases, after school care tutorial and nutrition program sees positive results among children age 4-16
Photo: Children enrolled in our program were once involved in hazardous child labor situations, but are now safe, enjoying success in school. Today we are happy to bring you good news from our child labor response program in Manila, Philippines. Our center is located in the midst of one of Manlia’s slum colonies situated right […]
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Cebu, Philippines: Thanks to the generosity of our donors along with recent improvements and ongoing successes at our farmland, at-risk children are experiencing life transformation
Photo: These children are thankful for our outreach program where they enjoy Bible study, fun games and activities, and fresh-cooked meals and snacks every Saturday. Today we want to share some encouraging news from our farmland enterprise on the island of Cebu, Philippines. In August we sold one mature pig at market which gave us […]
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Cebu, Philippines farmland now harvesting nearly one ton of coconuts quarterly; after-school care program helping students stay successfully enrolled in school
Photo: Our director’s sons are happy for the great coconut harvest this month. Today we want to share the good news that our coconut harvest this month was abundant — we gathered 580 mature coconuts and sold them at market for $54, which helps to supplement our Cebu programs since we harvest our coconuts quarterly. […]
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Manila Children’s Hope Center enjoys summer sports camp festival, beginning of school year off to a strong start with tutoring program
Photo: Students from our after-school care program recently enjoyed multiple days of games and activities ending in a big sports festival with several teams arranged by color. We are happy to report that our Manila team organized a VBS-style outreach program on April 18-22 for 50 of the children enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center […]