The association also provides educational & livelihood support to disadvantaged youth and their families Founded by a French national in 1997, CAMELEON Association Inc. have 23 years of experience in providing interventions to young girl survivors of sexual abuse, aged 5-17 years old, from various localities in Western Visayas. The association has 3 centers: 2 in Passi City, Iloilo and one in Silay City, Negros Occidental. The centers aim to provide a safe and therapeutic environment for the girls that will strengthen and heal them from traumatic experiences. CAMELEON provides a holistic intervention program to address and reduce trauma, enhance coping and resilience, maximize and develop the girls’ unique potentials, and regain their dignity and self-esteem. While the Rehabilitation Program is its core, CAMELEON also runs two other programs: Community Development and Advocacy. Through the Community Development Program, the association provides educational and livelihood support to 300 disadvantaged but deserving youths and their families. They also undergo development trainings to shape them to become actors of change in their respective communities, who help the association in creating child-friendly communities free of child sexual abuse. The Advocacy Program runs information campaigns to raise awareness and educate the public on child sexual abuse and ultimately, to prevent the proliferation of such crime. The program lobbies in the local and national legislative committees to advocate for child protection laws and policies. Two youth organizations, Voice of CAMELEON's Children (VCC) and CAMELEON Youth Health Advocates (CYHA), actively advocate and raise awareness on children's rights and youth reproductive health in the communities through lectures and workshops. Together these 3 programs work together to bring change to the communities and vulnerable children through prevention (Advocacy Program), healing (Rehabilitation Program) and building (Community Development Program).
