22 February 2006
Feature: CSFI’s The Haven helps 10,000 abused women, kids p.8 feature
THE Congressional Spouses Foundation, Inc. has helped rehabilitate some 10,000 battered and abused women and children from all over the country for the past 10 years.
This was reported by Mrs. Gina de Venecia, wife of Speaker Jose de Venecia and president of the CSFI, an organization of spouses of members of the House of Representatives.
The CSFI built The Haven for Women and The Haven for Children, both located in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, in order to provide new life and hope to abused women and children.
Both centers are now being managed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development through their social workers.
Mrs. de Venecia said The Haven for Women stands as a bastion for the protection of abused women of the land.
She said The Haven for Women is the only facility of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region.
Mrs. de Venecia presided over the groundbreaking of a soon-to-be constructed multi-purpose gymnasium at the Haven for Women in Alabang which also coincided with her birthday last Wednesday.
The affair was graced by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who promised P10 million for the project. Newly designated Social Welfare and Development Secretary Esperanza Cabral joined the president at the event.
The Haven in Alabang has a satellite center in barangay Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City, and various other parts of the country.
Under construction, with the help of the CSFI, is the Ina (Ina Naulila sa Anak) Foundation Healing Center which is a recovery center for mothers ‘orphaned’ by their children.
This was reported by Mrs. Gina de Venecia, wife of Speaker Jose de Venecia and president of the CSFI, an organization of spouses of members of the House of Representatives.
The CSFI built The Haven for Women and The Haven for Children, both located in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, in order to provide new life and hope to abused women and children.
Both centers are now being managed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development through their social workers.
Mrs. de Venecia said The Haven for Women stands as a bastion for the protection of abused women of the land.
She said The Haven for Women is the only facility of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region.
Mrs. de Venecia presided over the groundbreaking of a soon-to-be constructed multi-purpose gymnasium at the Haven for Women in Alabang which also coincided with her birthday last Wednesday.
The affair was graced by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who promised P10 million for the project. Newly designated Social Welfare and Development Secretary Esperanza Cabral joined the president at the event.
The Haven in Alabang has a satellite center in barangay Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City, and various other parts of the country.
Under construction, with the help of the CSFI, is the Ina (Ina Naulila sa Anak) Foundation Healing Center which is a recovery center for mothers ‘orphaned’ by their children.
