POSC171

Seminar on Church and State Relations

Field Report
By:
Colina, Maricris
Gallentes, Angela
Odtojan, Ariel
Suan, Bea

OUTLINE
PROFILE
Brief history
Mission - Vision Statements
Core values
Facilities
Programs & Services
Coordination and Networking
FRAMEWORK OF ANALYSIS
Principle of Subsidiarity
Development
Community Engagement

Balay Samaritano
o A drop-in center for elderly
street dwellers and street
children in particular rugby boys
o The centers basic service is
provision of food, a place to rest
for the day where they can do
their laundry and bath

Profile
Brief History
Balay Samaritano = House of the Good
Samaritan
September 8, 2009- SVD and supported
by:
10 local donors/ benefactors
23 private individual volunteers
5 SSpS Pre-novices
4 SVD Brother Associates

Brief History
Students and Faculty Members from 3
local Universities namely:
University of San Carlos;
Cebu Technological University, and;
Cebu Normal University

Mission:
The management and volunteers of
Balay Samaritano sa Sugbo are
committed to provide A HOME
where the street children and
homeless elderly find support in their
daily struggle for survival and in their
holistic human development by first
addressing basic human needs.

Vision:
A society free from all kinds
of addiction where every
child and elderly has a place
called home.

Core Values:
o To value every human being as
unique and to instill a sense of
time and discipline that will
facilitate a better social
adjustment
o To foster the attitude of
kindness and understanding in
all relationships and to develop
a sense of belongingness.

Core Values:
o To help educate towards a sense
of person and social
responsibility through availability
to listen and to give advice
whenever needed.

Facilities:
o The center is equipped with bath
room, rest room, a kitchen, and a
dining area. It also has some rooms
for the street children and elderly to
develop their social skills as inside
the group of co-workers

Programs and Services:

Free Meals/ Food Packs

Breakfast and lunch for the children

and elderly from Monday Saturday (no
sundays)
hot meals for 40 street elderly
70 or more food packs distributed to the
elderly in sidewalks
Mobile Feeding
done twice a week during Wednesdays
and Saturdays by the staff of BSS

Programs and Services:

A place where they can do their
laundry and take a bath
shampoo, bath soap, laundry soap,
toothbrush, toothpaste and etc.
there are more than 25 children and
more than 40 elderly.
schedule for the laundry (Monday
& Thursday for the elderly while
Tuesdday & Fridayfor the childen)

Programs and Services:

Spiritual Enhancement
daily rosary (elderly)
Bible Faith/ Sharing with the Legions Mary
of Group every Saturday
Holy Mass usually officiated by Fr. Jerome
Cayetano, SVD and sponsored bhy his friends
Livelihood Program
Case Management
Socio-cultural activities such as games,
singing, dancing and sometimes role
playing

Coordination and Networking:

Medical Assistance
o German Doctors addresses the
clients medical concerns
o It has coordinated with CCMC for
emergency and hospitalization needs
Mobile Dental Van

Coordination &
Networking
o Tutorial Lessons and Alternative
Learning Systems (ALS)
divided into 2 groups:
Tuesday Group
Thursday Group
provided with school bags,uniforms,school
supplies, slippers and snacks

Some Donors/
Benefactors
oRotarians Group
oMatilda Bradfords students
oUSJR Engineering Alumni Batch
87
oBukas Loob sa Dios Community
oAustralian Students
oUSC- SC & MC

Some Donors/
Benefactors
oBike Talk Friendship ClubBiking Advocacy Group
oCTUs Faculty
oUSC Alumni Batch 75
oLegion of Marys Group
oUNICEF Phase II

FRAMEWORK OF
ANALYSIS
Principle of Subsidiarity
Both the good of the individual person is
primary in all discussion of social and political
organization
Persons can live only in communities
Exercise powers in their own right

FRAMEWORK OF
ANALYSIS
Development
Holistic, multidimentional, liberational,
transformative
Political dimention
Socio-economic
Culturatl aspects

FRAMEWORK OF
ANALYSIS
Community engagement
People empowerment
Collective mutual help