Children's Shelter of Cebu

Every child deserves a family. 
You can help make this possible!

With the U.S. office based in Minnesota, Children's Shelter of Cebu is a Christ-centered campus in the Philippines where we care for 70 children or young adults who have been abandoned, neglected, or abused. We provide 4 homes with house parents who lovingly care for the children 24/7, plus provide healthcare, education, counseling, and vital relationships that help our residents heal from the past. 

Our houseparents provide the best care for our little ones.

We take in children in need from newborns to teens. Some come to us after living on the streets. Others, from their homes if their birth parents are unable to care for them. Still others arrive from shelters throughout the region.

According to the Filipino economic planning office, 26% of all Filipino children live in poverty.

That's where YOU can make a difference. You can make it possible for children to have a safe place to live, including those rejected by other organizations. A25-50% of our children have special needs, including learning disabilities, physical limitations, and emotional or behavioral needs.  

CSC has served over 1,000 orphaned, abandoned, and surrendered children since 1979, preparing them to return to their birth families or to be placed in adoptive homes. Over 650 CSC children have been placed in loving adoptive homes around the world.

You can make a difference for children and young ain Cebu. 

Grace and her husband Reid at CSC

For Grace, CSC changed everything.  Adopted from CSC as a toddler, she grew up in a loving family in Colorado. Throughout her life, she had wondered about her birth family. While in college at Bethel University in Arden Hills, MN, Grace created a series of paintings that she named, "Chosen, Not Forsaken" to help her process her emotions as an adopted person. 

A few years ago, CSC helpedThe 4 homes at CSC and Cebu Children of Hope School give children who have been orphaned a chance to thrive. Grace track down her birth family. She traveled to the Philippines, and CSC helped arrange a 

visit so she could put together the pieces of her life story. Now, Grace gives back to the ministry and serves our residents as a board member. 

That's the power of what your gifts can do.

A trusted organization

CSC has received the highest 4-star rating from Charity Navigator and is a member in good standing in the Charities Review Council. 

Your donations will be used for life-changing food, shelter, and healthcare, as well as the love and emotional support that CSC is known for.  In addition, CSC just received the highest score in the Philippines in its latest certification review from the National Authority for Child Care and is in good standing with the Philippines Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). 

 

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