Sorsogon City Teen Center

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the Start-up
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• Inventory on early marriages ? Proposal
• Orientation and Advocacy Planning Workshop
  January 11-13, 2002
• Sourcing of Funds
• Proposal for the allocation of funds for the
  renovation of the proposed site and purchase of
  necessary equipments and materials was submitted
  to the SP
• A Proposal was also submitted by the PPO to the
  Philippine Legislators Committee on Population
  and Development (PLCPD) to use part of their
  funds to support the project

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• Observation and Study Tour
• Foundation for Adolescent Development
• Teen Health Quarter at Luisita Mall, Tarlac
• BCYA
• Baguio City Foundation
• Series of Training Workshop
• Peer Counseling- July 22-26, 2002
• IEC Development - August 22-23, 2002

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Sorsogon City Teen Center November 29, 2002
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The Operations

• Service Hours 800 AM to 600 PM
• Sorsogon State Colleges Guidance Counselor (thru
  a MOA with SSC President, Dr. Augusto R. Nieves)
  will act as the Guidance Coordinator
• 15 SCARTY members man the center as well as act
  as Peer Counselors
• Regular meeting once a month

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The Target Beneficiaries

• All adolescent and young adults
• Students and researches
• Teachers, health care providers and youth
  development workers
• Policymakers and government officials

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The Services

• Counseling
• Information Education
• Referrals for Health Services
• Resource Center
• Recreational Facilities

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Counseling

• Could either be by Peers or by a Professional
  counselor depending on the complexity of the
  problem
• Done face to face or through telephone hotline
• Done inside a counseling room or outside the teen
  center where the counselee can freely relate or
  ventilate their problems

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Information Education

• Conduct of youth forum, health classes
• Dissemination of Advocacy IEC Materials
• Print Ads Radio programming
• Fliers and stickers

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Referrals for Health Services other
Interventions

• Networking and partnership with various sectors,
  institution and individuals for referral purposes
  had been established

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Resource Center Recreational Facilities

• The center boost its own mini-library with books,
  pamphlets and other reading materials that can
  help students with their researches
• Materials for indoor games like chess, games of
  the general, scrabble and the likes are also
  available

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The Cases
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Reinforcing Factors

• Strong support of the LCEs
• Pro-active SCAT members
• Funding support (TFG, LGU, Partners, others)
• Technical assistance of partners (POPCOM PLCPD)
  
• Media support
• Very active and innovative leaders
• Spirit of volunteerism
• Strong commitment and active participation of all
  those involved

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Resisting Factors

• Lack of coordination
• Budgetary constraints
• Political issues

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Sustainability

• To date, the teen center primarily relies on the
  Local Government and other groups/organization/age
  ncies for funding
• Plans for expansion of services and for self
  reliance is underway
• Includes more training especially on Data
  management
• Cost recovery scheme

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Valuable Lessons

• Increasing consciousness/awareness among
  political leaders re population and RH including
  ARH issues and concerns resulted to concrete
  program support
• Proven that Networking is an effective advocacy
  tool that leads to passage/ improvement of
  policies, and the successful implementation of
  programs and projects

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• Through initiative, self-reliance and
  determination to advance the reproductive health
  concerns of the youth , one can put up a concrete
  and a sustainable mechanism as exemplified by The
  City Government of Sorsogon in initiating and
  support the establishment of their Teen Center

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A thousand miles begin with a single step
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Mabalos!