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About Us
FRIENDSHIP GOALS SOCIETY CARAGA – BUTUAN INC. (FGSCBI ) is a non-profit, non-stock, non-political, and non-partisan organization, founded on October 28, 2017 by Mr. Ronald M. Lisayan, a native Surigaonon who has passion and commitment on community development ; registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 19, 2018. Moreover, its prevailing existence has been deliberately recognized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and granted a Certificate of Registration and License to Operate as Auxiliary Social Welfare and Development Agency for Children, Youths, Families and the Communities in compliance with R.A. 4373 of 1965 otherwise known as “An Act to Regulate the Practice of Social Work and the Operation of Social Work Agencies in the Philippines and for Other Purposes” as amended by R.A. 10847 of 2016. Hence, FGSCBI has been registered/accredited in the City Government of Butuan,Provincial Government of Agusan del Norte through SP Resolutions 010-2019 and 017-2019,National Youth Commission (NYC), National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA),Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG),Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA),and in partnership with the Commission on Human Rights ( CHR-Caraga). At present, recognize by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-Caraga) as RDC- Private Sector Representative for Fisheries Sector in the Caraga Region, and member of the City Development Council (CDC) in Butuan.
As registered Social Welfare and Development Agency (SWDA), FGSCBI mainly focuses on the marginalized and disadvantaged children, and most vulnerable individuals affected by the natural calamities, physical and emotional abuses, deprived of opportunities both men and women, and socioeconomic well-being, etc. More so, FGSCBI has reached out more than eight thousand (8,000) adolescents, more than seven hundred (700) significant adults, teachers, and parents through its community-based programs and social services. FGSCBI promotes the values of respect, discipline, attitude, loyalty, and commitment.
FGSCBI is widely known with its organization’s slogan, ” One Heart, One Goal, One Commitment”.