Core program for PWDs
Persons with Disabilities
Ako Ang Saklay promotes Compassionate Advocacy, Respect and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
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Our programs
From immediate care to lasting capability.
The work responds to urgent needs while building the skills, relationships, and opportunities that help people move forward.
Care and development
Protective care and a place to belong.
Programs for children, youth, women, seniors, and persons with disabilities provide protective care, life skills, psychosocial support, and safe spaces. The organization cares for older people as it would its own mothers and fathers, providing space for recreation, sharing, faith expression, and medical assistance.
Feeding program
A shared meal can restore more than hunger.
Community feeding serves healthy and nutritious meals to children in public schools, seniors, patients in hospitals, people in jails, and people experiencing homelessness. Food packs are also provided to families in need.
Livelihood projects and skills training
Training that can become income.
Livelihood training supports the human development and empowerment of farmers, out-of-school youth, and women. Mushroom fruit bags are distributed to poor families for livelihood and income-generating work through sponsorship and subsidy. The work promotes community-based farming in family backyards, homes, schools, farm areas, and vacant lots for food sustainability and security; it also encourages women and young farmers to value the land and work together in community and family farming.
Medical mission and health services
Health support close to the community.
Medical missions and health services include surgical assistance, therapy, medical support, and community-based health advocacy.
Rehabilitation and reintegration
Community-based accompaniment.
Ako Ang Saklay’s work with persons who use drugs supports a community-based rehabilitation program with counseling, values formation, and reintegration. This work also calls on people in power and authority to protect those who have less in life, and invites every sector to collaborate in a spirit of shared mission and shared responsibility.
Scholarships and educational support
Learning should not depend on distance or poverty.
Educational support creates opportunities for vulnerable learners through formal and non-formal education, scholarships, tutorials, formation, and accommodation.
Disaster response and humanitarian aid
Reach people where crisis happens.
Relief operations are paired with long-term recovery and psychosocial rehabilitation for communities affected by disasters, conflict, and crisis.
Other services
A whole-person response.
Advocacy for persons with disabilities
Rights education, empowerment, accessibility initiatives, and support for inclusion and participation in community life. The work promotes protection, inclusion, accessibility, opportunity, and respect for PWDs.
Sanctuary and support
A place of refuge, safety, accompaniment, and healing, with counseling, spiritual care, and crisis intervention for people in need.
Community dialogue and formation
Listening circles, prayer, values formation, and shared community life that recognize every person’s equal dignity and voice.
Justice, peace, and care for creation
Advocacy and practical action for social protection, the common good, and responsible stewardship of land and community resources.
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