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Kinderhilfe Philippinen

Shelter

In Cagayan de Oro on the island of Mindanao the Canossian Sisters run an orphanage called “Balay Canossa”. It houses around 30 orphans and street children suffering from a variety of physical and mental health issues. The children are comprehensively cared for by trained staff and the Canossian Sisters.

Your donations contribute to:

  • sustaining the children

  • financing staff

  • maintaining and furnishing the building

The orphanage

Thanks to mabuhay donations a new big orphanage on the outskirts, a house for learning and further lodgings were built in 1998. In contrast to the previous cramped house situated in a noisy slum, the children had peace and quiet, enough room for games and a big garden there.

In 2009 a new building mainly financed by mabuhay Kinderhilfe was erected. Due to floods and an expanding factory next to the premises, the “House of Friendship” was moved to Lapasan, a suburb of Cagayan de Oro, in 2017. The large grounds are also home to the Sisters’ convent, a Canossa nursery school, meeting rooms for street children and the “House of Friendship”, which is now called “Balay Canossa”.