CYDF USA Journal 4 - Calantas Young Dreamers Foundation, Inc.

B. THREE (3) PHASES OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
CYDF USA, Inc. seeks to respond to the issues identified by strategically
designing programs divided into three (3) Phases of Program Development that
could help effectively in addressing the said issues, namely:
Phase 1: Community Outreach and Fundraising Drive.
This Phase is a short-term goal that will take the task of Community
Outreach and Fundraising; and covers to address objective #1 which is designed
to directly support the mission of CYDFI Philippines and is stated as follows:
“To support the mission of CYDFI Philippines in empowering indigent but
deserving talented youth of Calantas and Nabuclod Aeta Community,
Floridablanca, Pampanga, Philippines through a Scholarship Program Model
with a methodology (SWREM Theory In Action), designed to help them help
themselves so they can help incoming scholars leading to breaking their cycle of
poverty as they learn to become socially responsible.
Phase 2: Development of Community Youth Empowerment Programs.
This Phase is a long-term goal that addresses objective #2 which is
designed to develop Community Youth Empowerment Programs (CYEP) to
benefit the Filipino-American youth and their immediate families in their search
for positive self-images, enhancement of self-esteem, development of life and
leadership skills. It is a pro-active approach of youth development evoking in
them their potential for leadership and become good leaders in their own
respective communities. The said objective is referred to as follows:
“To design Community Youth Empowerment Programs (CYEP) that
promote positive self-image, enhancement of self-esteem, development of
life and leadership skills of the Filipino-American youth and their
immediate families in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Phase 3: Establishment of a Chain of Medical Healthcare Facility Imbedded
with Ethnic-Specific Psycho-socio-emotional, Religious and Culturally-
Sensitve Services to Filipino Elderly in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Phase 3 is a long-term goal that addresses objective #3 in establishing a
medical healthcare facility to respond on the need to provide a culturallysensitive
model for the Filipino-American aging population with a nonprofit
status. Phase 3 may be linked to the manpower development of CYDFI
Philippines as some of its Scholars might lean towards to the direction of
becoming healthcare workers and find themselves needed in the Geriatric
Healthcare Center for Filipinos. The Center requires most of its personnel to be
Filipinos with an innate capacity to provide culturally-sensitive services. This
kind of environment provides a definition of what “Quality of Care” may mean
may mean to residents being cared for. The objective mandating this atmosphere
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