Ang Batang Musmos (ABM) Movement
A Movement for the Innocent Child

          

 

Arugain ang Batang Musmos (ABM) shall be the voice of the innocent sick children, their families and their healthcare providers. ABM will help address major concerns, issues and problems of children in relation to their health and well-being.

Dr. Anacleto B. Millendez, founder and president of the Beautiful Heart Foundation, Inc. started to use ABM, his initials, to represent as an acronym for Ang Batang Musmos (sa pulitika) and he used these initials as his political nickname when he ran as a congressman for the first district of Davao City in 2007 mid-term election against then incumbent Congressman (now House Speaker) Prospero Nograles. Last February 14, 2009 at the Sanctuary in Matina Pangi, Davao City, there was the formal launching of Puso at Pera para sa Ating Batang Musmos . It was envisioned to support and help the sick, abandoned, abused, wounded, hungry, poor innocent Filipino children.

"Nagdurugo ang aking magandang puso sa tuwing naaalala ko na dumadami ang mga batang musmos na nalululon sa masamang bisyo, sa tuwing nababalitaan ko na ang batang musmos ay namamatay dahil sa kakulangan ng programa na mapangalagaan ang kanilang kalusugan, sa tuwing naiisip ko na ang mga batang musmos ay nagiging biktima ng karahasan at nadadawit sa isang krimen."

                                                                                  -Anacleto Belleza Millendez, M.D.

"In a decent society, there are certain obligations that are not subject to tradeoffs or negotiation - health care for our children is one of those obligations."

                                                                                             - President Barack Obama

"Child abuse, maltreatment and neglect is a causative factor in youth suicide, crime, homelessness, mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse and unemployment in young people and adults."