Our Services
Standing with the poor until justice is done
Six areas of service — from free legal representation to relief materials — all offered to prisoners and indigents regardless of their means.
Indigents' Rights
The realities we confront every day — and why free legal representation changes lives.
1
Indigents Awaiting Trial Persons (ATPs) in prison spend unnecessary long periods wasting their youthful potentials away without school or any skill acquired to help them become useful in society when finally they leave prison — because they cannot afford a lawyer to represent them, secure their freedom or speed their trial.
2
Inadequate facilities and balanced diet for the under-aged in the Young People’s Home (where underage accused and suspects are kept) affect them psychologically, and they end up becoming adults in that condition because their parents or guardians cannot afford to hire a lawyer.
3
People in police detention spend several months in the cell; since they are mostly indigent and cannot afford a lawyer, they are often at the mercy of the police who maltreat and torture them.
4
People convicted with the option of a fine spend long jail terms because they are indigents who cannot afford to pay the fine — even when it is a very small amount.
5
Oppressed indigents whose rights are infringed upon, whose properties are forcefully claimed by their oppressors, or who are maltreated in any form need legal representation.
6
Indigent children and youths are mostly out of school or drop out due to poverty; their right to education and progress is thwarted, so they need to be given education.
Advocacy
The society where we live needs to know their fundamental and civic rights and their corresponding liabilities. We also create awareness of the work of ASPIR so people can find help in the areas we are involved in. Ignorance is one of the reasons why the rights of indigents are infringed.
Skills Acquisition & Education
It is the right of every child to go to school. Indigent children are out of school due to poverty, and adults need adult education and skill acquisition to become responsible people who contribute to the progress of society.
Discipleship / Counseling
For people leaving prison, police detention or the under-aged home — or anyone needing education, skills, food, clothing or shelter — the most important of all is their relationship with Christ Jesus, and how to live in a way that affects others positively.
Peace Building & Conflict Resolution
We prefer people settle their differences amicably without recourse to court except where it is impossible. This encourages peaceful co-existence and avoids the loss-or-win nature of court which sometimes creates enmity.
Know someone who needs our help — or want to stand with us?
Reach out to ASPIR today. Your referral, prayer or donation can change the direction of someone’s life.