Don Bosco launches home for juvenile delinquents

The Don Bosco priests and brothers launched its program for children in conflict with the law (CICL) with the blessing of its residential facility Magone Home last May 24.

The blessing was graced by Most Reverend Patricio Buzon, SDB, DD, bishop of the Diocese of Kabankalan and Cebu City Councilor Margot Osmeña.

It was also attended by Bibiana Horvath, head of the Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY); Cotcot barangay officials; Salesian priests headed by Provincial Superior Fr. George Militante; members of the Salesian family; Salesian benefactors; staff and clients of Don Bosco Boys’ Home and Magone Home.

The home, located at the compound of Don Bosco Boys’ Home and Training Center in barangay Cotcot, Liloan town, northern Cebu, is a 24-hour residential facility that provides aftercare treatment to CICL.

The aftercare program of the Salesians is an expansion of its Operation Second Chance Center (OSC) in Cebu City and has now included the clients of the RRCY of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Magone Home has 14 clients who have undergone individualized rehabilitation programs from OSC and RRCY.

The clients have their individualized aftercare plan that is carried out in a multi-disciplinary team environment.

Though theprogram is still at its infancy stage, Magone Home is taking up the challenge to run and document the gains and challenges of this pilot project for society at large.

Magone Home is anchored on the Philippine’s Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act and is supported by Jugend Dritte Welt, a German non-government organization, and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.