Stories Of Transformation

Tuloy in Pilipino, our national language, means "welcome" and "to continue". "Tuloy po!" can also mean "This is Tuloy!"

We started Tuloy in 1993 to rescue street children, and give them a home, direction, and the skills they will need in the real world. We had 12 children then in a 40-sqm room. Over 17 years, Tuloy has served more than 10,000 children in need. The small room is now a village on 4.5 hectares of land in southern Metro Manila.

Tuloy Foundation, Inc. accepts poor, orphaned and abandoned youth, homeless children, and children at risk in their living environment as residents in the Tuloy sa Don Bosco Streetchildren Village in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. Tuloy is a safe haven, a second home where their basic needs are taken care of and where they learn the values and attitudes they will need to cope with the outside world and function as contributing members of society.

Every year, hundreds of disadvantaged children and youth, many of them hopeless, choose to learn in Tuloy classrooms and workshops instead of wasting time in the streets. Education is part of their dream of a better life.

Help Tuloy put more poor children through school! Remember, Tuloy education is free!

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The Power of Choice

“People can change…but real change is the outcome of personal choice and voluntary commitment… It begins with the right to say ‘no’.”

Every child who comes to live or study in Tuloy makes the decision everyday to transform his life. He knows that the decision is his key to a better future.

The Drucker Foundation in 1999 acknowledged this Tuloy guiding principle in The Power of Choice, one of the thought articles in their first book in the Wisdom to Action Series, “Leading Beyond the Walls”.

Angels in Tuloy

Angels abound in Tuloy. They are the people who generously share their time, talent, or treasure in the service of street children. Their dedication and commitment enable the children Tuloy serves to undertake a transformation journey.

Be a Tuloy angel and partner with us in our work of keeping kids off the streets.

Tuloy is a life-transforming experience. Street kids, volunteers, teachers, benefactors, even Fr. Rocky himself who founded Tuloy all have their little stories to tell. We'll start with a few, like...

If you have visited or joined an activity in Tuloy or made friends with one of our kids, or you are one of the Tuloy kids, write your own story about how Tuloy has changed you. Send your story (maximum 20 sentences) and at least two pictures to storiestransform@tuloyfoundation.org.