The Center for Children & Youth Wholistic Development

The CENTER for Children and Youth Wholistic Development - is not an orphanage yet, it's a community-based program and venue for children and youth. Regularly serving 30 stay-out kids on breakfast program and sponsored feeding events.The number goes up to 50 to 100 children during Special Children Events.  The center aims to provide various wholistic programs to re-enforce values formations, STOP and PREVENT the increasing numbers of abandoned,neglected or abused kids and END CHILD HUNGER one community at a time.

The CenterCYWD traces its mission and services in the year 1973 as a simple children and youth ministry by the First Christian Church establish by the Philippines Christian Mission – Central Luzon during the U.S. occupancy in Angeles City. The church children and youth ministry provides weekend learning and Bible schools, summer/vacation Bible school and venues for skills and talents release.

Through the years, the vision to be the center of wholistic development continues to streams to the heart of every member. Thus, the CENTER for children and youth wholistic development was convened to be the “key” mission to provide wholistic programs and services and by being committed to B.L.E.S.S. (bring, lead, equip, send, share) children and youth toward physical, social, intellectual and spiritual developmental transformation “one heart at a time.”

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HUNGER stunts Philippine children: study

by Agence France-Presse - ABS-CBN
Posted at ABS-CBNNews 02/04/2011

MANILA, Philippines - A third of Philippine school children are stunted because poverty has forced them to eat too little food for years, according to a government study released this week.

The latest findings of a rolling survey carried out for decades by the government's Food and Nutrition Research Institute reflect the general poverty rate and the boom-and-bust economic cycles of the country.

The latest data, which is for 2008 but was only released on Thursday, showed 33.1 percent of 100,000 students surveyed across the country suffered from chronic malnutrition.

This was due to them not eating enough food over a long period and led to them being shorter than they should be, although the survey did not publish specific heights.

"Being underheight is a result of a long period of inadequate nutrition," Eva Goyena, a science research specialist at the institute, told Agence France-Presse on Friday.

The chronic malnutrition rate had risen slightly from 32 percent in 2005, the last time the survey was carried out, but was down from a high of 44.8 percent recorded in 1990.

The 2008 study found that Philippine students aged between six and 12 consumed an average of 599 grams (21.13 ounces) of food a day.

Half of the food was steamed rice, while 76 grams were fish and 33 grams were milk products.

"This is really inadequate because rice is mostly carbohydrates for energy and there are more protein-rich foods than fish," Goyena said.

photo by SKY HAVEN

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The LAST CIGARETTE: Nine ex-smokers who quit the habit for good

By Henry Hanks, CNN

November 21, 2013

(CNN) -- For one, it was a health scare. For another, the words of a friend hit him in an instant. And for another, it was the loss of a dear relative.

Many ex-smokers can remember their last cigarette, and the moment when they decided to quit the habit for good.

On the occasion of Thursday's Great American Smokeout, an annual event sponsored by the American Cancer Society, here's a look at nine former smokers and the moment they decided it was time to say goodbye.

'Smoked out of good health'

Kara Wethington's 66-year-old grandmother had just died. Wethington took one final drag on a cigarette.It was 2000, and she decided this would be her last smoke.

"I was shocked because this woman was an ox who smoked four packs of Pall Mall cigarettes a day and worked full time as a nurse," said the Los Angeles resident, who was 23 at the time.

"I always felt safe that this blood line relative could smoke like a chimney and still be OK all these years later. She looked 100 but acted 60."But, "the reality of it is that she fell ill with pneumonia and her lungs couldn't support her any longer."

As she finished her last cigarette, Wethington reflected on how she got there.

"I loved smoking. The social aspect of it, the taste of it, the way it made me feel -- everything about it was romantic to me."But the death of her grandmother was the "straw that broke the camel's back" soon after Wethington herself was diagnosed with an aggressive form of strep throat, and she hasn't looked back for 13 years.

"I've had smoking dreams that felt so intimately real that the line of reality and fantasy blurred out my memory. I know I didn't smoke but sometimes those dreams feel really good and sometimes with real regret."

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THE 30 ARTICLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Do you know the 30 articles that collectively make up the international definition of human rights?

Adopted by the United Nations in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights represents the first global expression of rights to which all of humanity is entitled. Inspired by the horrors and atrocities of World War II, it is made up of 30 articles which outline basic freedoms granted to all people. Nations aim to work within their own governmental structure and the international community to see the Declaration actualized.

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the "Most Translated Document" in the world, having been made available in over 300 languages and dialects.

Watch the video to learn more about the 30 articles that provide the foundation for rights around the world.

Wholistic Development

The END CHILD HUNGER PHILIPPINES ツ is the touring flag ship campaign of CENTER FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH WHOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT INC. an ongoing commitment to help end child hunger in every city “ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME!” 

Headed by John Jurado and his high school batchmates, they firmly believe that attending school with no breakfast has tremendous effect on the cognitive performance of a child. Because there’s a good chance that someone in our neighborhood tonight is struggling to put food on the table and tomorrow they have NO BREAKFAST TO SERVE to their children. 

Why wait for children go to streets or orphanages, if you can STOP or PREVENT the increasing numbers of abandoned, neglected or abused kids just around the corner or END CHILD HUNGER right at your door steps. 

Thus a FEEDING PROGRAM as a STARTING POINT leading to a SUSTAINABLE WHOLISTIC TRANSFORMATIONAL PROGRAMS may it be church based, center based and the likes is a must in every community.

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Ending Child Hunger One Community at a Time!

End Child Hunger Philippines ツ is a  campaign and pro-children’s welfare. A movement of people who wants to help end child hunger in neglected communities in  the Philippines through;

KIDS BUSOG PROJECT a feeding program tagged as:

"Ang Batang Busog, Bukas ay

Matalino at Malusog!"

Headed by John Jurado and his high school  batchmates. They firmly believe that attending school with no breakfast has tremendous effect on the cognitive performance of a child.

There's a good chance that someone in your neighborhood tonight is struggling to put food on the table and tomorrow they have NO BREAKFAST TO SERVE to their children. Thus a feeding program and a wholistic social service assistance may it be church-based, center-based and the likes is a must in every community.           

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FCC: First Church Fighting to END CHILD HUNGER in Angeles City

While most churches are busy defending and promoting their creeds and dogmas, leaders so lured in gaining power to control over the flock and money, there are still Christians who are striving to be an authentic disciples of Jesus Christ. - https://www.facebook.com/juradojohnj

In the heart of Brgy. Malabanias, Angeles City at Mayon St. Plaidel 1 Subdivision a Christian church for 40 years now tries to be relevant in proclaiming and demonstrating the gospel of Jesus - The First Christian Church (FCC) founded in 1973 by the American missionaries during the Clark Airbase occupancy in Pampanga, Philippines. 

FCC belongs to the big family of the Churches of Christ / Christian Churches & Disciples of Christ which landed in the Philippines on the year 1901. Various references traces its origin from Jerusalem at 30/33A.D. founded by Jesus Christ himself through the help of his disciples. There are very few locals that we know that carry the name "First Christian Church" majority of its outreach in the Philippines are under the name Church of Christ 33A.D and most ofFirst Christian Church are in US. The Churches of Christ / Christian Churches and Disciples of Christ are just the same in faith and practices, one in spirit and in Truth. They firmly hold on to the 19th century Restoration Movement mottoes:  

"In Doctrine unity, in Opinion liberty, in All Things love."  

"Where the Bible speak, we speak; Where the Bible is silent, we're silent."