St. Hannibal Empowerment Centre

St. Hannibal Empowerment Center (SHEC) is a religious organization of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus. It is a community of Spirit-led persons which aims to follow Jesus Christ in his union with his Father and in his proclamation of the kingdom of God. It is an inserted community among the squatters. The goal of SHEC is to empower the poor people of Metro Manila, Philippines, through housing, livelihood, education, health, waste management, youth and values formation.

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Location: Pasay City, Metro Manila

Mission: Its mission is to empower the poorest of the poor and catalyze an integral Christian transformation of urban poor communities in collaboration with the local Church by a holistic process that addresses concerns on housing, livelihood, education, health, environment and sanitation, justice and peace, youth formation and values formation. The goals of SHEC consist of assisting in alleviating poverty among urban poor communities in Pasay and other cities in Metro Manila; and building the foundation of community transformation through intensive values formation. Its objectives are, specifically, to facilitate the organization and formation of people’s organization that are self-sufficient and empowered, facilitate the values and spiritual formation and capability building of urban poor leaders, to assist the urban poor / informal settlers of Pasay and other cities in Metro Manila in realizing their dreams of achieving security of tenure through in-city relocation, to facilitate the implementation of economic programs and basic social services in urban poor communities, and to facilitate access to formal education in favor of the poor and deserving students.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

What a nightmare!

At 6:00 PM, while people were enjoying their supper, fire broke. It razed the whole barangay 157, Apelo, Pasay City. Around 700 families were left homeless. This tragedy has affected so much the lives of the poor people. Almost nothing was left. All their valuables were all eaten by the raging fire. After the sad event, some local officials do not want to improve their own conditions. They want to go back once more to their previous situation where there are no roads wide enough for fire trucks to pass by. They want to remain in their conjested situation to protect their own personal interest. This could have been the best chance to develop the area into something worth-living. The fire victims are still optimistic that God will intervene in their plight through the help of generous people. (March 14, 2007)

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