Championing Community Children, also known by its members by its abbreviation, C3, is an organization founded by International Children’s Peace Prize laureate
Kesz Váldez
Chris "Kesz" Valdez (born December 26, 1998) is a Filipino humanitarian and founder of Championing Community Children (C3). At age 13, Kesz was awarded the 2012 International Children's Peace Prize in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the first South ...
, who has started the organization in around 2006 in the desire to help children who live in the streets. The founder himself used to be a streetchild before rescued by Harnin Manalaysay, founder of Bible study group "Club 8586."
The organization helped more than 10,000 children in Cavite to date, handing out Gifts of Hope (parcels like slippers, toys, school supplies) along with teaching street children on hygiene, food and children's rights. He has handed out 5,000 parcels to these children. "Championing Community Children" has been holding fundraisers and distributing solicitation letters to fund these projects. C3 has been using their outreach activities to help as many street children as possible. C3 members and volunteers regularly join these outreach activities, distributing Gifts of Hope to children in dumpsites, small villages, shanties and sidewalks. Today, C3, aside from their base in Cavite, is operating branches in other places in the Philippines. One notable branch is C3 de Dagatan in Caloocan.
Recently, C3 expanded their operations to Zamboanga,
and scheduled outreach activities to Layag-Layag (a community within the barangay of
Talon-Talon), the Mariki Community, and the Lumbangan dumpsite area. They are now distributing solicitation letters among C3 volunteers in the area.
See also
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Kesz Váldez
Chris "Kesz" Valdez (born December 26, 1998) is a Filipino humanitarian and founder of Championing Community Children (C3). At age 13, Kesz was awarded the 2012 International Children's Peace Prize in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the first South ...
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Charitable organization
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Poverty in the Philippines
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References
External links
Official Website{dead link, date=November 2016 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes
Facebook Page of Kesz Váldez (includes C3 progress)
Organizations established in 2006
2006 establishments in the Philippines
Organizations based in Cavite