About Us
Empowering responsive communities for children.
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Our Story
Of love and care for the most vulnerable, Bakyas Community Development Center Inc (BCDCI) exists to serve children, families and communities in geographically isolated and displaced areas in Negros Occidental focusing its efforts on empowering community stakeholders, most especially women, in advancing and upholding children’s rights and welfare.
BCDCI is registered as a non-stock, non-profit child-focused organization by the Securities and Exchange Commission and licensed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development to operate as a social work agency implementing Community-Based programs and services with special focus on children.
BCDCI traces its roots in February of 1980 as Bakyas Kinderhome, a church-based organization implementing center-based programs and interventions on health and nutrition, and socio-cultural and spiritual development of children, which later evolved to community-based development program to reach more families and communities.
In February of 2005, Bakyas Community Development Center Inc. came to life as an autonomous entity from the church to expand its reach and coverage.
Vision, Mission and Goals
Vision: BCDCI envisions a progressive and safe community where children enjoy a decent life.
Mission: BCDCI commits to empowering communities responsive to children’s needs.
BCDCI exists to
- initiate community-based and child-focused development projects that aim to help children, especially those from poor families, gain access to education, health services, spiritual nurture and other opportunities that will help them develop into productive members of their respective communities;
- initiate advocacy programs and activities for the promotion of children’s rights and issues to various stakeholders;
- organize community groups and enhance their capabilities in designing and managing community-based, child-focused development projects by conducting trainings, extending technical support and services, and documenting and disseminating good practices;
- develop the capability and sustainability of BCDCI to deliver services in an effective, efficient and sustained manner through the adoption of purposeful organizational and resource development measures;
- broaden its network and linkages by forging partnerships with groups that implement similar programs and advocacy activities; and
- implement income-generating activities and projects to sustain the implementation of various programs and projects pursuant to the above-stated objectives.