Thursday, February 23, 2012

Social and Medical Services

Supplementary Feeding Program
PJPS currently runs a feeding program for about five hundred (500) inmate beneficiaries confined at the NBP Hospital. We are able to supplement, twice a week, the daily food ration of these poor inmate patients with a bowl of nutritious soup or rice porridge. 

 

Medical Assistance 
With a mere PhP 3.00 per day allocated for an inmate for medicine, most inmates are forced to provide for their own needs.  Many of the sick inmates in the New Bilibid Prison Hospital however are considered poor and has no access to resources to buy their own medicine. We help the inmates by seeking outside assistance in behalf of NBP hospital patients and facilitate the distribution of donations, especially for the visitorless, indigent and the aged.  

 

Paralegal Support
We support  inmate initiated paralegal services within NBP by providing  office supplies and  assisting inmates in procuring or sending documents (e.g. obtaining birth certificate).  

 

Livelihood Support 
PJPS supports groups and/or individuals within NBP who engage in micro-enterprise by promoting their products in the free society.  As their “marketing agent”, PJPS ensures that their products are priced and purchased fairly.   By linking with other Jesuit institutions, partners and other non-government organizations, PJPS hopes to provide the inmates and their products an avenue for a more sustainable market and income.
 
While there are particular groups and/or individuals who directly benefit from our Social  Enterprise Project, the whole prison community also indirectly benefit from the project.  Bilibid items sold outside  are marked-up by PJPS and tag it as the buyer’s contribution to the prison community.  Any income generated from the marked-up items are returned to the prison community in the form of facilities improvement (e.g. water facility), training and formation programs both for inmates and Bureau of Corrections employees, and a possible micro-financing for released individuals.

 

Other Services
PJPS provides other services such as collection and distribution of caskets for demised inmates, distribution of  various donations from outside, and in some cases, financial assistance.  
 

 

 

Contact Us

  • Philippine Jesuit Prison Service
  • Ina ng Awa Parish Compound
  • 1776 Muntinlupa City, Philippines
  • Tel. No.: (632) - 710.1837
  • Fax: (632) - 659.0513
  • Send us an e-mail

PJPS Foundation, Inc.

  • The Philippine Jesuit Prison Service Foundation, Inc. (PJPS) is a non-stock, non-profit organization that advocates for a more humane approach to the rehabilitation of incarcerated individuals and their families.  It is one of the official socio-pastoral apostolate of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines.  Since its onset in 1994, PJPS has been responding to the needs of prisoners through its various programs and services.
  • Our flagship project is a scholarship program for children of inmates. Through the years, PJPS has helped these children cope with the harsh reality of having an incarcerated father through education. We are able to do this through the support of friends and benefactors who generously responded to the call of the Lord: "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me."

Giving to PJPS...

Through the years, PJPS has developed a strong track record as a competent and effective agent in promoting a holistic prison ministry. We are able to do this only through the support of friends and benefactors who generously responded to the call of the Lord. In this regard, we would like to seek your support for us to be able to continue this good work. Your financial assistance will greatly help us in providing care for this marginalized portion of God’s people.

You may donate on-line by clicking the "donate" button below. You will be directed to a PayPal website where you can place your donation.  Since this on-line facility charges an administrative cost, we request a minimum donation of PhP 450.00 (or roughly $10.00).

 
For a US tax-deductible contribution, you can donate to  Philippine Jesuit Foundation in our behalf. Please indicate in the comments section of the information sheet provided that you are making the donation in  behalf of Philippine Jesuit Prison Service.
 
Thank You for your support!