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Mailing Address:
Damascus Foundation, Inc.
Pulong Sampaloc, Dona Remedios Trinidad
Bulacan, Philippines 3009
Telephone: +63.922.862.6631
Email: damascusfoundation@yahoo.com
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Damascus Foundation, Inc. is a nonstock, non-profit foundation located in Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan. It was started in 1997 on a patch of land leased by the Local Government of Bulacan for one peso a year.
It is a home for drug dependents, street children and individuals with behavioral problems. It caters mostly to charity cases; youth who have been victimized by the drug menace in our country. These youth have resorted to drugs, use, most common of which are inhalants (industrial glue, solvents), marijuana and meta amphetamines, due to poverty, peer pressure, lack of parental guidance and support or as an escape from societies woes.
Our holistic approach to rehabilitation aims to give hope and provide opportunities for a normal and functional life. During their stay with us, they undergo our in house program, providing physical, mental, and spiritual development. Many of our less fortunate brothers and sisters have found a home here. To date, we have provided our services to more than 600 residents , many of whom are now living productive lives.
Apart from caring for our residents, we have now embarked on a loftier and more empowering mission: to nurture back to health and educate undernourished children in our town and provide livelihood opportunities to their parents by way of the Damascus Learning Center.
Together with the Rural Health Department we discovered that a lot of children in far-away barrios of our town do not have the access to pre school/kindergarten education. Most of their parents cannot afford to send them to school because of financial difficulties. For this reason the Foundation decided to open a pre school for the ch...
The Rehabilitation Center started operating in September 1997 but was formally launched in January 1998. Our main objectives are
▪ To mold the residents to become drug free and socially functional individuals.
▪ To assist the residents and their families to develop a harmonious relationship.
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