Every child deserves a future beyond circumstance.
When a mother is detained, her children lose a household, a caregiver and, almost always, their place in school. We work to make sure that the last of those losses never happens.
A mother holds her child’s hand during the Foundation’s briefing and orientation at the Makati City Jail, July 2026.
We see you, we understand you, and we love you.Athalia Marie V. Suarez, Founder, to beneficiaries at Makati City Jail, July 2026
Kidfinity and Beyond Foundation, Inc. is a child-centred, humanitarian and developmental non-stock, non-profit organisation committed to protecting, empowering and transforming the lives of vulnerable children and families.
We work primarily with mothers who are Persons Deprived of Liberty and with their children. The incarceration of a mother creates a ripple that extends far past the walls of a detention facility. Children are left with relatives of limited means, moved between unstable households, or cut off from emotional and financial support during the years that matter most.
Without timely intervention, those circumstances raise the risk of school dropout, neglect, trauma, poverty and social exclusion, and pass disadvantage to the next generation. The Foundation was established not merely to provide assistance, but to interrupt that sequence.
What the children we serve are up against
Across the 426 jails managed by the BJMP as of May 2025. That is an improvement on prior years, and still nearly three times capacity. Facilities for women are typically more crowded than those for men.1
Most people held in Philippine jails are legally presumed innocent and awaiting resolution of their case. Separation from their children begins long before any verdict.2
Research on Metro Manila facilities puts the average wait at roughly a year and a half. In a child's life, that is an entire school year and more.15
No Philippine agency publishes a figure. These children are not recorded by the justice system that separated them, which is the first reason they go unserved.13
Four programmes, one family
Children remain our primary beneficiaries. But a child cannot be helped in isolation from the household they belong to, so we work on both sides of the wall at once.
Educational assistance that keeps children of incarcerated mothers enrolled, equipped and progressing through school.
ChildrenPsychosocial care, life-skills formation and the steady adult presence that a separated child most often loses.
Children and youthLivelihood readiness, upskilling and reintegration preparation for incarcerated mothers, so release is a beginning rather than another shock.
Mothers deprived of libertyLegal assistance and case follow-through for mothers held for years without resolution, the single largest cause of prolonged family separation.
Mothers deprived of libertyWhat we have done, and when
Every Foundation activity is documented and published. These are the full reports, not highlights.
Balik-Eskwela Kits Distribution
Every child beneficiary received a school bag and grade-appropriate educational materials ahead of the new school year, in a programme attended by Congressman David “Jay-Jay” C. Suarez.
Read the reportBriefing and Orientation for Beneficiaries
The Foundation presented its vision, its four programmes and its terms of assistance to identified beneficiaries, and signed agreement contracts with participating mothers.
Read the report
Partnership Visit to Museo Pambata
A partnership visit opening the possibility of collaboration with Museo Pambata and Khan Academy Philippines to extend tutoring and enrichment to the children of incarcerated mothers.
Read the reportThe work as it happens
Keep a child in school for the whole year
Bags, supplies, fares, examination fees and the small continuing assistance that keeps a child in a classroom rather than in work. You can fund one child, partner an institution, or give your time.