Child Sponsorship Background from Bataan, Philippines

SOS Children's Village Bataan

Since most SOS Children's Villages in the Philippines are in the south of the country, it was decided to build the country's eighth SOS Children's Village in Bataan in order to help fight the social problems of the north such as malnutrition of infants, bad performance at school and abandonment of children. The cornerstone of SOS Children's Village Bataan was laid in February 2008, and construction started in September.

The SOS Children's Village is scheduled to consist of several family houses for well over 100 children, the village director's house, an administration and service area and a community building.

Background to Bataan

Bataan is a province of the Philippines occupying the whole of Bataan Peninsula on Luzon. The province is part of the Central Luzon region. The capital of Bataan is Balanga City and is bordered by the provinces of Zambales  and Pampanga  to the north. The peninsula faces South China Sea to the west and Subic Bay to the north-west, and encloses Manila Bay to the east.