2001

• Launched Ways to Work on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, a program that provides help to qualifying low-income families to get loans that help them purchase a new or used car, or pay for car repairs, childcare or other needs to help them keep a job, get a better job or stay in school. With support from American Savings Bank.
• The last of eight increments of the Ke Aka Ho‘ona was completed.

The 75 families of Ke Aka Ho‘ona each worked 20-hour weekends for nine months to
complete their homes. The project was funded by the Foundation and started in 1991
when land was purchased in Wai‘anae, on the Leeward coast of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i.

Consuelo Awards,
Presented November 29 in Manila

2002

• Children and Youth Foundation of the Philippines (CYFP) becomes the implementing arm of all the programs of CZAF in the Philippines, adopting the foundations program goals.
• World Forum 2002 in Honolulu provided an opportunity where smaller child welfare organizations could meet with others, often larger and more established.
• Child-At-Risk Evaluation (CARE) Program established by the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu with Consuelo support provided physicians and nurses trained in forensic pediatrics to conduct comprehensive exams for abused and neglected children.

Consuelo Awards,
Presented November 27 in Manila

2003

• Search continued for candidates to succeed CEO/President Patti Lyons who will retire.

2004

• Children and Youth Foundation of the Philippines was renamed Consuelo Foundation, Inc. (CFI).
• The Healthy Start Program was expanded to Northern Luzon, in partnership with the Shontoug Foundation.
• Two new CAPIN partners were established: the Social Action Center in Zamboanga City and the Open Heart Foundation Worldwide in Laguna.
• Premiered the documentary film BUNSO, jointly funded by CF and UNICEF.
• The Integrated Technical Education for Rural Out-of-School Youth project, funded by the International Youth Foundation and Lucent Technologies, provided integrated technical skills training and employment/self-employment opportunities to 720 rural youth.
• Began the Coalition for Youth productivity, supported by Levi Strauss Foundation, targeting 500 beneficiaries from urban areas.
• 250 indigenous youth participated in a leadership development program under Nokia’s Make a Connection program. The project was expanded to five project sites.
• Two training manuals on reproductive health were developed, tested and used. 32 facilitators were trained by the Baguio Center for Young Adults on the use of the Reproductive Health Manual.
• Levi Strauss Foundation, through the Foundation for Adolescent Development, sponsored the development and pilot testing of a Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Manual for youth 18 years and older.
• A FriendlyCare Clinic within the compound of the Little Children of the Philippines in Daro, Dumaguete City, began serving middle to low-income households, providing healthcare to families.

Consuelo Awards,
Presented December 1 in Manila

2005

• Foundation received its Certificate of Accreditation from the Council on Accreditation.

  
  At a ceremony in Manila, CEO Patti Lyons and Consuelo’s Manila staff received the
  Certificate of Accreditation granted by the Council on Accreditation after a process
  taking several years. Presented by COA President Richard Karlberg, the accreditation
  is for Hawai‘i and the Philippines.

• Efforts were focused in Mindanao, providing additional resources to the area and developing new youth projects.
• Established five more Make a Connection projects in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), benefiting 250 indigenous youth, bringing the total of Make a Connection projects to 15.
• Poor, out-of-school Mindanao youth totaling 550 acquired technical and psychosocial skills for employment and self-employment through non-formal and integrated technical education training. 907 school dropouts participated in a home study program to pursue basic education through a government certificate program.
• Pangarap Foundation in Manila trained seven CF partner organizations in case management of young street children.
• Contributed to peace and development in three very poor Muslim provinces in Mindanao through the Pagtabangan BaSulTa Network through training programs, technical assistance and resource generation that benefited mainly Muslim youth.
• The Healthy Start Program was expanded to two more cities in Mindanao, serving 220 families.
• Two more CAPIUs were created in Mindanao, bringing the total of CAPIUs to 20 in the Philippines.
• 89 juveniles from General Santos City jail were served through the reformation and reintegration processes established by the Juvenile Justice Network.
• Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Bill passed the Philippine Senate in December. The documentary film BUNSO played a key role in the bill’s passage.
• Mentors and direct service providers from ten organizations were trained in the use of a curriculum on Adolescent Reproduction Health for children 13 to 17.
• Supported five Partner Exchange programs.
• Society of Filipino Family Therapists performed the final test on a curriculum it developed in 2001 for Beginning Family Therapist and Barangay Family Networker.
• Two trainers completed all three phases of the Family Life Enrichment program.
• Two CF staff completed training to become certified Family Support Worker trainers for the Healthy Start Programs throughout the Philippines.
• Inaugurated the newly constructed Consuelo Home in Suello Village, Baguio, a shelter program for abused girls under the management of Child and Family Services Philippines.
• Keolahou pilot project started in January was serving 12 low-income Native Hawaiian Home Land families whose homes were falling apart.
• Ke Aka Ho‘ona families were thriving and giving back to the community in various ways. Every high school teen graduated with a diploma or GED.
• Kapi‘olani CARE received sustainable funding from the State of Hawai‘i.