Empower Filipino teenage girl survivors of abuse

In this month of April, the girls of Tahanan Sta. Luisa are busy with their upcoming Recognition Day that will be held the next month.  Recognition Day is a program held once a year to commemorate and celebrate the exam passers and to acknowledge all the hard work of the girls the past year (academically).  TSL also gives them different special awards to boosts their morale and to keep them inspired to study hard and to continue to reach their dreams of finishing their studies. 

Tahanan Sta. Luisa continues to work with different volunteers – one of which was from Australia.  Miss Trish will be volunteering to TSL for three months to help develop and produce better designs for the accessories-making sessions of the TSL girls.  Miss Trish is a volunteer sent by ABV / Dev Concepts / Australian Embassy.  She will render her services for 3 months for free, and her accommodations and allowance will be provided by the Australian Embassy.  With her help and expertise, TSL has high hopes that sales of their products will be better than before.

This month, TSL also had a great opportunity to be featured in a morning daily show “Good Morning Club”.  The TSL products were put on display and the center was promoted on national TV, and it was Ms. Farah (TSL’s Social Worker) who helped explain TSL’s programs and services.

April is indeed a great month for the girls and the center!  With more supporters like you, we are sure we can make the life of these young girls better! :-)

The girls of Tahanan Sta. Luisa this month had various activities courtesy of the student volunteers from different universities - some of which are from De La Salle University (College of Saint Benilde), Far Eastern University and Miriam College.  The girls at TSL love having visitors and learning a lot of things from them. 

With that, we are sincerely thankful to all the student volunteers; specially when some of them comes back for a visit even after their scheduled hours of activity is done. 

We hope to have touched the hearts of as many students as possible while in the course of helping out the girls gradually heal and recover from their past.

Meanwhile, TSL also had received a generous donation from Energy Development Corporation.  Besides the donation, Tahanan Sta. Luisa also had visitors from different funding organizations and companies that TSL have sent /asked for financial assistance with.  With this first step, the center hopes for a positive feedback from them.