REGION X
DIRE HUSI INITIATIVES
HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION
Rhyan O. Casiño
BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANIZATION
Registered in 2008, Dire Husi Initiatives won the British Councils. “I am a changemaker” in 2008. It was also awarded as one of the ten accomplished youth organizations in 2009 and 2012
OBJECTIVES & MISSION
A community of self-reliant and socially responsible young people collectively reaching their full potential through social entrepreneurship, arts, and music. Establish a social enterprise that can provide us with alternative income while developing our skills and potentials. Enhance our interpersonal, creative, and business capabilities through mentoring, sharing, and collective learning. Inspire, organize and train community-based youth groups by involving them in artistic and enterprising activities. Create channels for interconnection, dialogue, and concerted action among young people from diverse classes, ages, gender, and ethnicity.
ADDRESS
Dire Husi Artsville, Upper Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City
CONTACT NO.
0917 709 2474
EMAIL ADDRESS
CLIENTELES
Children at risk: children in street situations
FOCAL PERSON
Virgie Vicare-Demata RSW, Co-founder and Executive Director
ONLINE PRESENCE
Facebook: Dire Husi Initiatives
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
Art Attack – every summer, Dire Husi initiated an art activity in Divisoria Park, Cagayan de Oro City, street kids featured their
own creativity.
Summer art workshop for children and prostituted women – some children of these prostituted women are dwelling on the streets and they are provided with a psychosocial intervention using art to
these kids.
Social enterprise