Children’s Rights and Development
About the Advocacy
Started in 1997, Bantay Bata 163 caters to child protection and family development. Its flagship programs includes the Hotline 163, the pioneer hotline to report child-related cases. Bantay Bata 163 has extended its services to include interventions that cater to mental health and helping schools and communities be safer spaces for children.
A mission trip to remember the beneficiaries of Bantay Bata 163
PCCI International visits ABS-CBN Foundation’s Bantay Bata 163 communities The Philippine Community Center, Inc. (PCCI), a Filipino-American partner of the ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. (AFI) for 10 years, visited Bantay Bata communities in Iloilo, Cebu, and the Children’s...
Bantay Bata 163 promotes Child Safe Schools Projects nationwide
In a shared advocacy with various partners on children’s welfare This academic year, the ABS-CBN Foundation Bantay Bata 163 launched the Child Safe Schools project in different schools across the country, specifically at the Surigao City Pilot School in Surigao,...
ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. partners with the Studio Bridge on Child Welfare Advocacy
ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc. (“ABS-CBN Foundation”) enters a 3-year Memorandum of Agreement with Manila-based Digital Solutions Agency “The Studio Bridge” in its selfless advocacy on childcare and protection. Held at the Gina Lopez Building, both parties...
ABS-CBN Foundation, McDonald’s PH, and Ronald McDonald House Charities team up for EQ survivors
1000 McDonald's Chicken Fillet meals for children The ABS-CBN Foundation (AFI), together with the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RHMC) Philippines and McDonald’s Philippines, teamed up to provide for people affected by the recent 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Brgy....
ABS-CBN Foundation holds psychological first aid training sessions
Nearly two years of community quarantine and a series of lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused overwhelming emotions and exhaustion. The ABS-CBN Foundation, in partnership with Sun Life Canada, Sun Life Foundation, and Halcyon Mental Health, worked...