The Social Development Center for Children (SDCC) is a children’s shelter located in the area of Tagpuro, in northern Tacloban City, in the central region of Eastern Visayas (Philippines). In 2013, the city was severely hit by one of the most devastating storms in history, typhoon Haiyan. The Center, run by the city council’s Social Welfare and Development Office, is made up of two separate facilities, respectively dealing with the needs of street children and “children in conflict with the law” between 5 and 18 years of age.

The children of the Tagpuro shelter