Sagip or Huli: Rescue of Street Children in Caloocan, Manila, Pasay and Quezon Cities, c2009
Catherine Scerri
Bahay Tuluyan and UNICEF Manila
Email: info@bahaytuluyan.org

This report is concerned with the rescue of street children in the cities of Caloocan, Manila, Pasay and Quezon. Rescue is the act of a government agency physically removing a child from the streets for the stated purpose of removing the child from danger.

This practice is primarily carried out by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), City Social Welfare Departments (CSWD) in each city, Philippine National Police (PNP) and barangay police.

The report relies upon information collected from interviews of 599 street children or their guardians, 114 rescuers, policy makers, relevant NGOs and visits to processing/ reception centers.

The aim of this research study was to evaluate the practice of "rescue" of street children by government agencies in the cities of Caloocan, Manila, Pasay and Quezon and make recommendations for its improvement.

Report on the Detention of Children and Lapses in the Implementation of the Comprehensive Juvenile Justice
System and Welfare Act of 2006 (RA 9344), c2008
PREDA Foundation
Email: predair@info.com.ph

This report seeks to highlight the abuse of human rights in the juvenile justice system in the Philippines. It has been compiled by the staff of PREDA on the basis of their experience in dealing with children in conflict with the law, visits to prisons and detention centres, and interviews with children currently living in the PREDA centre who have been “through the system”.