Field of intervention :Training and insertion
Association : Virlanie
Project :« LIFE Home »
Localisation :Manila
Country :Philippines
Supported Group :12 underprivileged young people
 
Objective

Allowing young people to become completely socially and economically independent after having grown up in the Virlanie homes.

Project holder

Maud Descamps, Deputy Head of Human Resources Project DGRH Accor (volonteer in Virlanie from october 2010 to march 2011).

Goran Aleks, General Manager of Sofitel Plaza Manilla.

Association

Over the past 20 years the Virlanie Foundation based in Manila (Philippines) has strived to get children off the streets, offering them a roof over their heads, psychological and medical follow-up, access to education, and arts and sports activities. It also accompanies these young adults as they advance towards full professional and social independence.

Project

Virlanie IIIn 2009 and 2010, the Accor Foundation accompanied 63 young people in their journey towards autonomy by funding the Virlanie Young Adults Program.

Virlanie now wants to complete its support by launching “Living Independently for Full Empowerment” (LIFE), thanks to the Accor Foundation, aiming to guide beneficiaries towards complete professional and social autonomy.

This project is rolled out in 3 stages:

  • the “Learning Independence through Training and Education” (LITE) programme, aimed at making street children living in Virlanie homes aware of the issues that life will bring their way;
  • the LIFE Home, a transitional home;
  • the LIFE programme, the final stage towards independence, consisting in a tailored path to accompany each young person in a professional activity towards their independence.

The Accor Foundation supports the LIFE Home, a transitional home welcoming young people leaving Virlanie homes to start their experience of living independently. The LIFE Home allows these young people to apply, in very specific terms, everything they learnt in the LIFE programme (income management, living with their peers, organising their timetable…). It is a true incubator for independent living. The average stay is 9 months.

support € 30,000 for 2 years (2011 and 2012)