Prison Fellowship Philippines has been operating educational, interfaith, and behavioral management programs within Philippine prisons for many years. It has been demonstrated that these initiatives assist prisoners get back on their feet, support their families, and successfully reintegrate them into society. With the help of our ministry partners and volunteers, we hope to change the lives of PDLs, their loved ones, and crime victims in the Philippines, where we see a society where the cycle of crime can be broken and people are transformed by the love of Jesus.
PDLs are a vulnerable people, and many of them experience depression and hopelessness. The inmates start to feel hope when the good news of Jesus is shared to them.
Why reach out to the children of PDLs?
Children of prisoners from all developed contexts share five major risks to their well-being:
Deprived of basic needs, rights, opportunities for education, and health.
Danger of victimization, exploitation, and depersonalization (stigma, shame, low self-esteem) .
Deterioration into poverty and associated dangers.
Distanced from vital relationship with their parent in prison.
Descension toward antisocial behavior as a combined result of trauma and the above factors.
A transformational journey that helps break the cycle of crime. The beginning of restorative justice offering prisoners an opportunity to change how they perceive themselves, others, and God.
A listening program for PDL on the book of Luke. Powerful Gospel Films are presented. It is interactive and done in small group methodology and totally volunteer driven.
A program that reaches out to the children and families of prisoners , helping to meet their physical , emotional, and spiritual needs through gift giving and prison visit.
A service delivered to a few select inmates who have no place to go to or are not ready to be integrated to the community. It is served hand in hand with the Psychosocial services.