CatheKIDS

VISION

CatheKIDS is an educational outreach program that aims to instill Gospel values and encourage
and teachings into the children of Sitio Ruby and encourage them to become faithful disciples of
Christ. Through dynamic and engaging modalities, we aim to help these children understand
and strengthen their faith.

MISSION

In its efforts to impart the word of God and establish Christ-centered values among children,
CatheKIDS dedicates itself to:

1) Conduct Christ-centered educational teachings for the youth of Sitio Ruby,

2) Utilize creative and engaging methods and modalities in imparting Gospel values,
encouraging imagination and childlike wonder in the youth,
3) Encourage the youth to express themselves and their beliefs through their faith,
4) Help the youth realize the significant role of God in their lives: and
5) Impart God’s message of universal love and acceptance and empower the youth to fight
for their beliefs and advocacies.

CORE VALUES

 Righteousness - make sure that the information that we will be giving will not invalidate
or dismantle morally right principles.
 Trustworthiness - it comes along with our value of righteousness to make sure that the
information is reliable.
 Inclusivity - even though the beneficiaries are limited to several kids in the community,
everyone, even adults, can learn from our program and they can share the information
that they gained from us.
 Generosity - We will encourage and demonstrate generosity by imparting to the youth
information and good messages.
 GUIDING PRINCIPLES

- Promote Godliness and Faithfulness

- Teach Advocacy and Acceptance

- Show Respect and Patience

- Build Collaboration and Empathy Among Students

- Promote Godliness and Integrity

Project Title: CatheKIDS

Type of Project: The community initiative will conduct an educational training through
Catechism. The proponents will do a series of learning discussions that are integrated with
gospel values and lessons from the Catholic teachings.

Project proponent/s: The community action initiative is proposed by the students of Grade 12
Prudence of Good Shepherd Cathedral School

Number of Beneficiaries: The number of children that will benefit from this community action

initiative is thirty (30).

Location of Beneficiaries: The beneficiaries are in Sitio Ruby, Quezon City.

Date of implementation/Duration: The initiative will be implemented starting on April 22, 2023.
It will then continue for the following Saturdays and Sundays (April 23, April 29, April 30, May 7)

Area of Project Implementation: The project will be implemented onsite in Sitio Ruby, Quezon
City

Budget Requirement: The proponents proposed Php 34, 600 as the initiative’s total budget.

Community Profile

Sitio Ruby is located at Barangay Greater Fairview, East Fairview, Quezon City. The

population is made up of 216 individuals coming from 46 households. It is made up of 112

females and 104 males where 71 of the population are within the age bracket of 1-13 years old,

77 of them are 14-25 years old and 68 are those whose ages are from 36 and above.

Sitio Ruby is made up of six phases. The community has good camaraderie and is

cordial with one another. Gawad Kalinga, a non-government organization helps the community
secure houses for each family in the community. They also give free seminars tackling

livelihood that may help each family have their source of income.

In terms of their occupation and source of living, almost all are employed as construction

workers, family drivers, service crews, house attendants, government workers, self-employed

and only a small number of them are unemployed. 65% of the household said that their

husband/Father is their only bread winner, 20% are housewives and 5% are self-employed and

have their own sari-sari store as their sole source of income.

In terms of religious belief, about 98% are Roman Catholics and the rest are Born Again

Christians. They are mostly a Tagalog speaking community and others can speak their local

dialect like Waray, Bicolano, Bisaya etc.

As to their educational attainment. 46 are elementary students, 23 are high school

students, 23 college students, 6 are undergoing vocational courses, 28 are elementary

undergraduates, 55 high school undergraduates, 9 college undergraduates, while 26 did not

disclose their educational attainment.

In the aspect of the health seeking behavior of the community, they sought to consult to

the nearest health center which provide them with free medical checkups and medicines,

immunizations to their children and they also give health education lectures on how to prevent

diseases to occur in their community, most commonly Influenza, dengue, and tuberculosis

which are considered as contagious diseases.

For their community participation, the members of the community created their own

homeowner’s association called SIRNAI Sitio Ruby neighborhood association whose main task

is to solve problems that may arise within the community. They also created the KABABAIHAN

association which aims to empower the women in the community.

Rationale

Sitio Ruby is one of the adopted communities of Good Shepherd Cathedral School,

therefore, as members of the school, we are tasked to nurture this community by providing them

with fruitful knowledge and long-term benefits. According to the latest consensus, there are 85

million Roman Catholic Filipinos as of 2020, making the Philippines as one of the “Catholic

countries”. Due to the prominence of Catholicism in the country, the teachings and practices

included in this religion are already a part of Filipino identity and culture. These teachings do not

just encompass the concept of Catholicism itself because these can be integrated with the

academic curriculum, specifically in Catholic schools like Good Shepherd Cathedral School. In

that way, these children can adopt Christ-like attitudes while absorbing and learning new

information from a curriculum that is fused with gospel and Catholic values.

With this, the proponent of this project aims to enlighten the children of Sitio Ruby about

Catholicism and its significant role in society, in this context, the academic sector. The project

will be in a form of educational training which includes:

 Interactive gospel and Bible Teaching

 Creative and educational activities

 Worship/Church songs sing-a-longs

The proponents will be inviting professional teachers of GSCS as the main speakers for

each session—this was agreed upon by the members as a means of maintaining the credibility

and reliability of the information that will be given to the children. Inspired by the TV program

“Superbook”, the teachers will also share stories about the different parables and adventures

that are narrated in the Bible. Activities and discussions that are equipped with child-friendly
elements will encourage these children to be participative, active, and interested during

sessions. The proponents believe that children, at their age, are already in the process of

establishing their own beliefs, principles, and faith. Therefore, through this initiative, the children

of Sitio Ruby are expected to feel enlightened about the concept of Catholicism and they are

also expected to apply the lessons that they have learned in their daily lives and in their future

endeavors.

Objectives

Objectives Strategies
• Teach Christian values to students  Through lessons implemented,
Christian values, specifically Patience,
Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-
Control, Generosity, and Respect
shall be utilized as a way to prepare
the learners for their future

 Interactive activities will be used as a

way of showing a physical
implementation of the values. This
can range from mock acting (partner
to partner) to group acts (group
cooperation where multiple values can
be observed). These activities can
also be done in a safe, but playful
manner. Ensuring not only the safety
of the learners but to also be able to
implement Christian values to them in
a fun way.
• Integrate Gospel teachings to  Gospel teachings would be utilized as
educational lessons parts of the educational lessons that
are to be taught to learners. These
can come in forms of parables and
 bible verses.
 Gospel teachings integrated in
educational lessons will be
implemented in a balanced and
healthy way. Where it will be
mentioned or utilized fully without
compromising, as much as possible,
the learner's attention and interest.
We will be teaching them gospel-
fused educational lessons in a
manner where they can easily
understand the inputs of the teachers
while having fun.
• Achieve proper understanding of the gospel  Through the initial lessons and
and values to be able to study and correctly teachings, assessments can be done
interpret for daily life in methods such as memory verses,
where they can memorize certain
bible verses, while being reminded of
their meanings; therefore, increasing
their understanding of the verses.

 Through the usage of songs of

praises, initial lessons and teachings
can be used to see their
understanding for the meanings of
these songs. To view their level of
understanding and to see the relation
of these songs to how they can be
implemented to their daily lives.

Desired Impact and Long-Term Effects

One of Good Shepherd Cathedral School’s mission is to proclaim Jesus Christ to all.
Evangelization. Instill to the learners the Gospel values and how it is applied to their everyday
lives. Therefore, Grade 12 Prudence aims to extend that particular mission outside the school,
to our adopted community, the Sitio Ruby.

Through the initiative CatheKIDS, we aim to conduct a catechism for children aged 6-11
residing in Sitio Ruby. This initiative aims to instill Gospel values and help them apply it to their
everyday lives. This is not only to help them become better people, but to strengthen and
deepen their faith and help them understand it more. This catechism will tackle different parts
and books of the Bible, but to help the children grasp and understand it more, this initiative will
focus on teaching parables and some Bible verses, singing songs of praises, dancing as well to
the said songs, and memory verses at the end of every session, if time permits. Assuming the
kids have very little to no knowledge of the Bible, the said proposed activities for the children will
help them achieve or reach the depth in terms of their relationship Christ slowly, and step-by-
step.

As such, to be able to sustain this initiative for a long period of time, the Grade 12 -
Prudence will be partnering with the Parish of the Good Shepherd to continue the catechism on
our behalf for at least once or twice a year, helping them have a more in-depth understanding of
their faith since this initiative will be continued by the parish for a longer period of time.

SWOT ANALYSIS

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
The project aims to teach Gospel values, The project is focused on teachings based on
stories, and other lessons based on Catholic Catholic doctrine, which means that it is not
doctrine through dynamic and engaging inclusive of youth that are loyal to different
learning modalities. The small scope of the belief systems and religions. Furthermore,
project means that it is manageable and the project’s scope is limited to only one
should be able to serve as an entertaining community, thus affecting its viability in other
educational experience for the youth of Sitio communities and regions.
Ruby.
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
Opportunities for the project include the fact The biggest threat to consider is the youth of
that the Philippines is a predominantly Sitio Ruby themselves, with the project’s
Catholic country, which puts our program at proponents having to account for the
an advantage, since Catholic teaching is education and literacy level of the learners.
already taught to most Filipino children at a This will greatly affect the effectiveness of the
young age. project’s planned lessons and curriculum.

PROJECT ORGANIZATION AND STAFFING

PROJECT HEAD: GABRIEL, ALYSSA MOIRA D.

COMMITTEE
COMMITEE MEMBERS RESPONSIBILITIES
HEAD
 Manage the budget and
donations.
 Use Gcash and
Paymaya for receiving
and monitoring
donations.
 Prepare the Financial
Report after the
Finance & initiative.
Lauron, Kenneth Aguas, Shealtiel Josh  Keep receipts
Logistics
(reference number and
screenshots) for
authentication
purposes.
 Assure that the money
donations are used for
the purpose of the
initiative only.
 Document and compile
the process of the
preparations (Pictures
and Videos).
 Prepare the program for
Documentation & Opeña, Melanie Celino, Leilanie Joy each day (when
Facilitation Doreen S. conducting the
initiative).
 Facilitate program’s
overall flow and ensure
that everything is
according to plan.
Communication, Sumalpong, Ebara, Hikari L.  Find possible sponsors.
Sponsorship, & Jared Jose  Prepare and write the
Curriculum letters for the sponsors.
 Prepare the lesson
plans for the class.
 Coordinate with the
teachers that will help
us throughout the
initiative.
  • Integrate Gospel
teachings to educational
lessons.

 Make promotional
materials and posters.
 Utilize the use of social
Balderas,
Creatives & media (Facebook,
Beatrice Anne Openiano, Gypsy
Promotions Instagram, & Tiktok) to
R.
promote our initiative.
 Promote the initiative in
the classrooms.

PROJECT WORK PLAN

TIME OUTPUT / PERSON IN RESOURCES

ACTIVITY FRAME TARGET CHARGE NEEDED COST

Send letters to April 1 - 2 Request Sumalpong, N/A N/A

the sponsors donations from Jared
sponsors
Launch the April 3 Create Balderas, N/A N/A
announcement promotional Beatrice
of donation drive posters
in SCB
Facebook Page
Lesson planning April 4-6 Come up with Ebara, Hikari N/A N/A
a lesson plan
and activities
throughout the
whole initiative
Prepare April 10 - 21 Prepare bible Balderas, N/A N/A
materials for the stories, song Beatrice
class animations, …

Launch the April 12 Draw art Balderas, N/A N/A

announcement commissions Beatrice
of draw for a for
cause in SCB
Facebook Page
Deadline of all April 19 Achieve the Lauron, N/A N/A
donation drives donation goal Kenneth
for the initiative (P34, 600)
Launching of the April 22 Execute Opeña, N/A N/A
Cathekids Community Melanie
program Initiative
(Day 1)
Day 2 of the April 23 N/A N/A
Cathekids
 program
Preparation of April 24-28 Prepare the Balderas, N/A N/A
certificates and certificates and Beatrice
school supplies school
supplies
(notebook,
pencils,
sharpeners,
etc.) for the
participants of
the Cathekids
program
Day 3 of the April 29 Execute Opeña, N/A N/A
Cathekids Community Melanie
program Initiative
Day 4 of the April 30 N/A N/A
Cathekids
program
Graduation Day May 7 Conclude the Gabriel, N/A N/A
for the Cathekids Alyssa
Cathekids program, and
program host a
graduation for
the
participants

DETAILED BUDGET REQUIREMENT

Budget Line Item Description Amount Needed Proposed Source/s

Afternoon meal with 100 x 45 = 4,500
drink. (Sandwich, 4,500 x 4 Saturdays
snack and Zesto) =
Food 18,000 Sponsors
(45 - Learners (30),
Prudence (5), Teacher
(1), 4 SCB, 5
Coordinators)
Afternoon meal with 150 x 90 =
Food For Graduation drink. (Tentative) 13,500 Tentative

Honorarium For Service fee for 2,000 Tentative

Teachers teachers.
1 school supplies 12, 000
bundle includes:

• 4 Pencils / Ballpen 25
• 1 Eraser 10
10
School Supplies • 1 Ruler 30 Office warehouse or
10 National Bookstore
 • 1 Scissors 40
50
• 1 Sharpener 60
• 8 pc Crayons 100
30
1 pad paper 365

• 1 Glue
1 pack of short bond
paper
• 3 Notebooks
Plastic envelope with
handle

1 stationery bundle
includes:
Stationery 1,000 Office warehouse or
- extra pencils National Bookstore
- crayons

Commute to Sitio
Transportation Ruby (1 Tricycle per 3,500 Tentative
3 students)
Donation for Sitio
5,000
Ruby Fiesta
T-Shirt 3,000
TOTAL Php 55,000