About our Filipino Orphanage

The area served by this project is the area of Puerto Princesa City located on the east coast of Palawan province island in southwest Philippines. The population of this community is 160,000 comprised of 71,640 children aging 17 years and below (almost half of the population). The economy in the region is mostly agricultural as the Philippines is still an agricultural country and categorized as “third world”. Almost 75% of the population is poor and landless peasants and fisher folds and indigenous peoples. The growing number of urban poor communities in the outskirts of the city and the pier area are displaced farmers in the countryside who opted to look for opportunities in the city. Sad to say, most of them end up as jobless migrants and worst, some of are forced to engage in anti-social activities. Their children are left uncared and sometimes orphaned.

God wants every child to be part of a loving and nurturing family. A shelter and orphanage would take that important role in the lives of children and youth who now have no home. To be part of a family is a basic right of all children. It will be the goal of this project to address these needs with a program coordinator/director and 3 staff members, namely a full-time teacher and spiritual formator, a psychiatrist-health workers, and a community development worker. The staff will serve the project full-time in accordance of the regulations and policies agreed on by a management committee composed of the Director, Board of Church and Society and the Peace and Justice Desk coordinator and staff.

Within the past year, the Reverend D.S. Norberto Saranilla of the Palawan, Philippines Annual Conference, with project approval from Bishop Leo A. Soriano, has secured a building that will be used as an orphanage. It is with your help that this was made possible.

It is our hope and prayer that gifts continue to come to support this program. Your financial help will be used to complete the orphanage and feed, nurture, educate, and uplift the condition of these children and young people.

Help Orphans

Donations for this project are being accepted and managed through the Global Ministries Advance for Christ and His Church. The Advance is an official United Methodist program that gives you the opportunity to give to the ministry of your choice.

You can donate in any of the following ways: online, through your United Methodist church, by mail, or by phone.

Giving Online

Many have already emailed in inquiring about how to send in donations. We will soon have an account up with paypal that will allow easy payment for those who graciously donate. In the mean time, click below to email Palawan Bro Jeff for more information.

Click
here to donate funds to our project through the official Advance website.

Donate Through Your United Methodist Church

Make your check payable to your local church. Write the name of the ministry and the Advance code number on the check (“Palawan Orphanage #15002”). Drop your gift in any United Methodist church offering plate or give your gift to your church treasurer, so that your church and annual conference will get Advance credit.

By Mail

Make your check payable to ADVANCE GCFA. Write the name of the ministry and the Advance code number on the check (“Palawan Orphanage #15002″).

Send your check to:

Advance GCFA

P.O. Box 9068, GPO

New York, NY 10087-9068

By Phone

Credit card gifts can be accepted by phone. The telephone number
is: (888) 252-6174

100% of your gift will go to the Palawan Orphanage ministry.

More Information

Official Contacts

General Information

If you would like general information on this
project or if you’re interested in arranging a presentation in your
church, please send an email to palawanbrojeff@yahoo.com.