You can also be a volunteer at Pag-asa Social Center. You can help us in so many ways in putting hopes back to the youth of Tagaytay City.
June 2024 Update
Despite the challenging conditions, our beneficiaries have shown remarkable resilience and continue to excel in their studies. It is important to note that these are not just any students but they are students of the Tagaytay City National Science High School. This school, where not a few of our beneficiaries are enrolled in, is a part of the Philippine Science High School System, the top science high school in the Asia Pacific Region. This institution equips its students with 21st-century skills and instils the nation’s core values of integrity, excellence and service.Â
A sustainable project which started its humble beginnings through friends and community members sharing the same passion for ecology and charity. Learn more about this Laudato si’-inspired eco-friendly project of the Focolare Movement and Pag-asa Social Center.
The Pag-asa Social Center Foundation Inc. is a duly registered non-profit non-governmental organization based in Tagaytay City, Philippines. It is one of the social expressions of the Focolare Movement. Through this social center, the Movement extends educational, basic health assistance and other services to 300 children from 200 indigent families (at present) from different barangays in Tagaytay.
For qualified high school graduates who started with Pag-asa and would like to continue on pursuing a college education, an opportunity for a financial assistance on tuition fee, books and materials, transportation and food allowance is also provided.
With the help of generous donors local and abroad, Pag-asa Social Center is able to give educational, basic medical and nutritional assistance to many children and their families in need.
If you want to help us, you are invited to participate in the Support-at-a-distance program by contacting us. Learn more on how you can donate to us by clicking the icon.
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Sometimes when we help others, we are too focused on whether our efforts are enough to make a difference that we overlooked the true purpose of helping. When we bring back our focus, we realise that even having the chance to help children in Tagaytay is a blessing. Maybe they do not realise that the smiles on their faces when they receive from us is like a form of love to us. And this love is a blessing and very precious.
I will never regret helping others especially the people of Pag-asa. It’s the least I can do to keep them inspired and hopeful in reaching their dreams.
Pag-asa has been for me an unforgettable experience, through which I have experienced God’s love for the needy people and in return their generous response full of dignity.
As one who had made but the smallest of contributions of support to Pag-asa I was overwhelmed on my visit to Tagaytay by the welcome and hospitality afforded me. Nowhere else have I ever felt so instantly at home as I did there.
It was an “ultimate” experience for me in Pag-asa as I had helped in translating letters, interview with the kids and I also taught dancing to everyone. I had appreciated more my existence when I learned about the realities of their lives. I am forever grateful to Pag-asa for giving me that enormous opportunity to feel the fullness of joy serving my brothers.
I feel lucky to have been part of this wonderful organization. I know that I only had contributed a little but it’s always a joy to see the happiness on their faces. Each time I leave for home, I always bring home wonderful memories with everyone I meet there and how much I miss them when I’m back in the USA.
It’s not so easy to put into words the many beautiful things I learned and realized during my stay in Pag-asa. Pag-asa changed me as a person and how I view things. I realized that if we looked at poverty from the point of view of Love then we will understand that it has a lot of beautiful things to give – it’s a value and not a cancer as many would call it.
At first I thought when I volunteered in Pag-asa, I would be the one who would be helping, but instead Pag-asa helped me… alot! From the barrio visits to the value of studying, to the realization of being able to contribute in my own little way, to a dream and a “hope”!
During the five months that I was working in Pag-asa social center, I had one of the most beautiful experiences of my life. I found a big family ready to embrace everyone, they do a great job for the people and everyone just gave me amazing memories! I really hope to be able to return there in the future, as they really mean a lot in my heart!
We thank you very much for your warm welcome and for the care you give to the children of Pag-asa Social Center!
Pag-asa Center had improved much in facilities and even in personnel and most specially in the services they give. As an experienced Community / Public Doctor, I wish I could regularly come to offer my service in the future. Thank you for giving us an opportunity to do pap smear with my former personnel.
Coming to the Philippines and working at Pag-asa has changed everything in my life! I’d be bringing home many wonderful experiences. Life is much more than what can be counted or measured, but it is the set of all those little acts of love which gives us happiness, binds and creates around us a wonderful family, such as the Pag-asa Social Center.
Hard working people with a big heart doing a tremendously important work for people in need. I love them! They really give hope – “Pag-asa”.