Dedication to Protect Children

A UNICEF study revealed that 8 in 10 Filipino children and adolescents are in danger of being bullied or being sexually abused online. The Philippines has become known as a top global source of materials on child sexual abuse. More than 20,000 child pornographic images are uploaded to the internet every week*.
Ms. Ailyn is a guidance counselor at a public elementary school in the Philippines. She explains that for some students, home life is difficult with domestic fights, single parent homes, and low socioeconomic living. Some students often get involved in fights or turn to social media as a coping mechanism to escape the problems at home. This puts them at high risk of getting involved in cyber crimes. Ms. Ailyn is a huge advocate for the school-based Online Safety Education program run by Honor 1000 Movement. Together, we are reaching out to schools and communities, helping to protect vulnerable children by bringing education and awareness.

Our 2019/2020 project plan is to reach students in two of the known trafficking hotspots in the Philippines and expand throughout other regions as the year continues. In total, we aim to reach 7,800 students. We continue to hear stories about exploitation and abuse from students. We cannot and will not stop this fight to protect children from cybersex crimes. 

* Source:  Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Children Online in the Philippines: A Review of Online News and Articles Sandra Concepcion Layla S. Hernandez,1 Andrew C. Lacsina,1 Michelle C. Ylade,1 Josephine Aldaba,1 Hilton Y. Lam,2 Leonardo R. Estacio, Jr.3 and Anna Lena Lopez1, Vol 52, No. 4, 2018

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9 June, 2023
PHILIPPINES | STOP CYBERSEX CRIME | STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Sharing the Fight Against OSEC with SPECS Foundation

When lockdowns were starting to ease up in the Philippines last year, one of the partnerships we started and met face-to-face with, was with the SPECS foundation. SPECS or Spiritual, Physical, Educational, Cultural, and Social Foundation has a shelter for abused children and mainly reaches out to poor communities in Manila.

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12 May, 2023
EDUCATE GIRLS | END POVERTY | HONOR 1000 - MANILA SLUM PROGRAM | PHILIPPINES

From Streets to Schools

Dolores is one of the families we help in the Manila Slum Project, our back to school program in the Philippines. This project aims to assist 200 underprivileged children in Manila slum communities.

When we visited Dolores' home, she was preparing the flowers she would sell in the streets that morning. She...

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4 May, 2023
EDUCATE GIRLS | PHILIPPINES | STOP CYBERSEX CRIME | STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING

A Simple Calendar to Save the Day

In our effort to reach more parents with our OSEC awareness campaign, Honor 1000 (our field partner in the Philippines), recently partnered with World Vision.

We gave each family a calendar that they can hang on their walls all year long. This calendar has important information about OSEC and human trafficking. Recognizing...

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25 April, 2023
END POVERTY | HONOR 1000 - MICRO FINANCE PHILIPPINES | PHILIPPINES

Captivating Visits Microfinance Program Beneficiaries

Kate and Glenn from Captivating recently visited Manila to check in on our programs in the Philippines.

 

One of their visits was...

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14 March, 2023
EDUCATE GIRLS | END POVERTY | HONOR 1000 - MANILA SLUM PROGRAM | PHILIPPINES

A Step Towards Breaking the Cycle

We are happy to announce that Captivating International, with its Philippine field partner HONOR 1000, is launching a project to assist 200 underprivileged children in Manila slum communities. For the first batch, we selected 70 beneficiaries to receive educational assistance based on criteria such as income level, age, and family status. It...

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9 February, 2023
PHILIPPINES | STOP CYBERSEX CRIME | STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING

All in a Day's Work

We are happy to announce that our field partner in the Philippines, Honor 1000, conducted four separate Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC) awareness campaign seminars in Metro Manila and Region III - all on the same day!  

The event catered to 100 parents and 1,578 students....

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