Head office in Chalon sur Saône	FRANCE & PHILIPPINES	Combating child sexual abuse

 

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

 CAMELEON was founded by Laurence Ligier and Ellien Regondon in 1997. It currently has around forty employees in the Philippines and 6 in France. The NGO also has branches in Switzerland and Luxembourg.

In its early days, the organisation helped fewer than a dozen young girls. Today, it helps many victims of sexual violence, aged between 5 and 18, and provides schooling for hundreds of children. In 2020, CAMELEON passed the mark of 2,800 beneficiaries (children and their families).

OBJECTIVES

 CAMELEON is working for a world free of sexual violence, by raising awareness to change people’s attitudes, conducting advocacy campaigns and helping victims of sexual abuse and their families to rebuild their lives and learn a trade.

In the Philippines, the NGO is particularly active on the islands of Panay and Negros, where it has already built three shelters to protect victims of sexual abuse and reduce the number of cases of child abuse in these regions.

RESOURCES

The association has 3 centres to provide education for disadvantaged children and help their families integrate more easily into society. It also has a gymnasium for sports and circus (therapeutic activities for victims of sexual abuse). The children are monitored by medical specialists and receive specialised support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition, since 2016-2017, the CAMELEON association has been lending land to farming parents to cultivate an organic farm. It also has a sewing workshop where several mothers make school uniforms, as well as a bakery in Bingawan , used by several dozen mothers who work with school canteens.

OUR IMPACT

International Impact has been providing the CAMELEON association with 5 civic services per year since April 2019. In particular, these volunteers are helping to develop the association by joining the partnerships department and supporting canvassing activities (seeking funding, writing responses to calls for projects) as well as helping to write reports to donors.
International Impact has also helped the NGO to obtain premises in Paris for meetings and has enabled it to obtain the status of Volunteer for International Solidarity (VSI).
Finally, International Impact offers a coaching system for managers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos ©CAMELEON, Bernard Russo

PROJECTS TO BE SUPPORTED

The construction of annexes to the new Home for Young Girls on Negros Island.

If you would like to make a donation to the NGO CAMELEON, please write to us at the following address: contact@international-impact.com

To find out more about becoming a volunteer with CAMELEON, click here!