non-profit
Love, and Smiles --- six gifts the organization
clinics that provide free medical services to
they eventually created a special counseling
wants to impart to the underprivileged and
residents in underserved areas.
program for the needy seniors as well as
their families. They provide help through
disadvantaged children in the Philippines.
acupuncture, counseling, employment,
Centre for Seniors
C h i l dren ’s O rg an i z at i on o f
Southeast Asia (COSA)
A voluntary nonprofit organization, the
Centre for Seniors, established in 2006,
continuing education, and community
service centers.
Created in 2005, COSA facilitates
helps ensure the total well-being of seniors in
community development, empowerment
Singapore. The center particularly develops
and education, and provides shelter to at-
and provides training programs for older
Children of Vietnam is a nonprofit
risk young girls in the Hill Tribes of Northern
people to help promote their continuous
humanitarian organization that assists the
Thailand. The non-religious and privately-
employment. It also provides programs for
poverty-stricken and homeless children of
funded organization addresses child
human resource personnel, managers, and
Da Nang. It provides scholarships, vocational
exploitation and human trafficking.
union leaders.
training, after-school tutoring, nutritional
Ti-Ratana Welfare Society
Singapore Action Group of Elders
medical care, the sponsorship of prosthetic
(SAGE)
devices and wheelchairs for children, and
Children of Vietnam
Photo by Sidney Snoeck
support, agricultural support, modern
Project Pearls Volunteers
Nonprofits Advocating
the Care of Children
or Seniors
S
outheast Asia is home to a good
abuse prevention, disaster readiness, and the
care and assistance to children
mitigation of risks. The group provides dental
and seniors. Some of them are international
and medical care, life skills and leadership
organizations while some are locally
trainings, as well as educational support.
independent nonprofit organization in Kuala
SAGE is a non-religious and multi-ethnic
Lumpur. It runs three children’s homes for
voluntary welfare organization in Singapore.
more than 250 children, a women’s shelter,
The nonprofit was established in 1991 to be
and two Old Folks’ homes that house around
a sounding board for elderly people who are
50 seniors. The society also operates mobile
housing for destitute youth.
troubled or lonely. Their Helpline grew and
nutrition, education, infrastructure building,
number of nonprofits that provide
Ti-Ratana Welfare Society is the biggest
established nonprofits advocating the care
of needy and displaced children and seniors.
Project PEARLS
They may have different focuses but the core
A mother and daughter tandem created
mission is to help, serve the needs, and to
Project PEARLS. It is involved in outreach
uplift the lives of lonely, troubled, neglected
efforts in a dumpsite community called
and abandoned children and elderly people.
Ulingan (charcoal factories) and Helping Land
in Tondo, Manila. The organization provides
Children International
weekly feeding programs, scholarships, and
Children International operates in the
medical missions. Project PEARLS aims to
United States, South America, Mexico,
put an end to poverty by reaching out to the
Philippines and Zambia. It aims to address the
poorest of the poor Filipino children through a
problem of poverty through various programs
variety of outreach programs. PEARLS stands
that center on youth development, health and
There are many nonprofit
organizations that seek to
help communities, families
or individuals in different
parts of the Southeast
Asian region. Almost all
ASEAN countries are
recipients of nonprofit
support or are beneficiaries
of nonprofit advocacies.
Some of the biggest and
well