It started out as a vision of a small group of Filipinos and four Americans to build for a ministry to homeless children.
[2] [3] As of 2005, the CSC has cared for 659 orphaned, abandoned, surrendered, neglected and malnourished children in Cebu.
About 20% of the children have special needs, including cerebral palsy, blindness, brain damage and malnutrition.
[3] The Children's Shelter of Cebu works in co-operation with the Philippine government's Department of Social Welfare and Development.
If a child is unable to be adopted, CSC eventually moves them to the Wally Johnson Teen Home, where they can attend a school in the city and be prepared for mainstream Filipino life.