DAMASCUS FOUDNATION, INC. IS A SPIRITUALLY BASED GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DIFFERENT APOSTOLATE HOUSES IN BULACAN, HAVING SEEN THE NEED TO EXTEND THEIR MISSION TO ADDRESS THE EVER GROWING PROBLEM OF DRUG ADDICTION IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY.

WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF BULACAN, THE FOUNDATION IS PUTTING UP A REHABILITATION CENTER IN THE FORMER BULACAN FARMERS TRAINING CENTER AT DONA REMEDIOS TRINIDAD BULACAN THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION IS A MIX OF PROFESSIONALS, BUSINESSMEN, MISSIONARIES, CLERGY AND RECOVERING ADDICTS. WHOSE VISION IS TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR DRUG DEPENDENTS TO RECOVER FROM THEIR DISEASE OF ADDICTION.

HAVING A FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WHILE WORKNG AS VOLUNTEERS IN GALILEE HOME, EMMAUS APOSTOLATE HOUSE, BETHLEHEM AND BETHANY (OUTREACH PROGRAMS OF THE DIOCESE OF BULACAN) CATERING TO DRUG DEPENDENTS, ORPHANS. SICK AND DYING ELDERLY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; IT IS OUR GOAL TO INSTILL IN THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL THE NEED FOR CONTINUED SOBRIETY, TO ACHIEVE A WHOLESOME AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE. OUR PIRMARY ORIENTATION IS THAT OF A SOCIAL MODEL A WHOLESOME APPROACH TO REHABILITATION THROUGH A REFORMATION OF COMMUNITY OF LOVE, UNDERSTANDING SELF-SACRIFICE AND CONCERN FOR OTHERS, WITH THE LORD GOD AS THE CENTER.

DAMASCUS FOUNDATION BELIEVES THAT DRUG ADDICTION IS A DISEASE AND THAT THE INDVIDUALS AFFLICTED HAS LOST CONTROL OF HIS OR HE R DRUG USE CHARACTERIZED BY CONTINUED USAGE DESPITE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES TO HIS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STATE SYMPTOMS RELATED TO THE ADDICTION ARE PROGRESSIVE AND PREDICTABLE AND WITHOUT PROPER TREATMENT, IT IS POTENTIALLY FATAL.

NO SEX

NO DRUGS

NO VIOLENCE

NO SMOKING

NO ALCOHOL

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-           GIVING A PERSONALIZED TREATMENT,

-           CATERING TO THE MORAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS

-           INVOLVING THE FAMILY IN THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM HAVING AN IDEAL PLACE FOR COMMUNIING WITH NATURE

-           AND PROVIDING WHOLESOME REFORMATION ACTIVITIES

Sports and Recreation,

Out of Town community function

Outreach Medical Mission and Apostolates

Mountaineering and Environmental Awareness

Narcotics Anonymous Session (N A)

Group Dynamic Processing

Personality Development Classes

Counseling and Therapeutic Activities

Daily Eucharistic Celebrations (Holy Mass

Monthly Adoration and Other Spiritual Activities;

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PEACE!

IN VIEW OF THE RISING NUMBER OF DRUG DEPENDENTS IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY, AND THE LIMITED NUMBER OF DRUG REHABILITATION CENTERS AVAILABLE FOR THE REFORMATION OF THESE INDIVIDUALS: WE HAVE ORGANIZED A FOUNDATION NAMED DAMASCUS, WITH THE INTENTION OF PUTTING UP A REHABILITATION CENTER IN BULACAN.

THIS CENTER WILL CATER TO THE DRUG DEPENDENTS WANTING TO GO THROUGH REHABILTATION OR ORDERED TO DO SO BY THE COURTS OF BULACAN AND OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES AND PROVINCES, WE ARE OFFERING A WHOLESOME APPROACH TO REHABILITATION. CENTERING ON THE INDIVIDUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL REFORMATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL. MAKING THEM FIT TO GO BACK SOCIETY AND TO BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY.

CURRENTLY, WE ARE ALREADY IN OPERATION & CONTINUING TO RENOVATE THE LONG ABANDONED OVERNMENT FACILITY IN DONA REMEDIOS TRINIDAD, FORMERLY BULACAN FARMERS TRAINING CENTER, WHICH WAS LEASED TO US BY THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF BULACAN FOR TWENTY FIVE (25) YEARS. THE EXTENT OF THE DETERIORATION OF THE FACILITY IS QUITE SEVERE THAT REPAIRS WOULD ENTAIL A MUCH LARGER AMOUNT THAN WE HAD PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED.

IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT WE ARE APPEALING TO YOUR GOOD HEARTS FOR ANY SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE YOU CAN EXTEND TO US.

PLEASE SEND YOUR DONATIONS TO DAMASCUS FOUNDATION. INC., AT P.O. BOX 6248. BUSTOS 3007 BULACAN.

OR YOU MAY CALL US AT (0912) 213-2337 AND LOOK FOR MR. ROBERT TIANGCO (Director).

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT                                      MR. ROBERT TIANGCO
VICE-PRESIDENT                            MR GILBERTO G. GONZALES
SECRETARY                                     BR. MARTIN FRANCISCO, mcPilg
TREASURER                                     MS MYRNA S. DEL ROSARIO
AUDITOR                                            MS LEONLA MARCELO
CONSULTANT/MEMBER    .           MS LAURA L HALILI
CONSULTANT/MEMBER                MS LEONCIA B. MANEJA

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