Council for the protection of children tenders accomplishment report for the third quarter

By Irma A. Guhit

SORSOGON CITY, NOVEMBER 10 (PIA)….. In the meeting of the Provincial Council for the Protection of Children (PCPC) held here yesterday at the Sorsogon Provincial Management Office (SPMO) , Myra Relativo, assistant provincial head of the Sorsogon Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) tendered  the accomplishment report for the 3rd  quarter of the council to the member-agencies.

Relativo said that the just concluded Children Congress held at the Aemilianum College last October 15 was participated in by almost a hundred of children coming from the different places in the province.

The event was a rousing success where  children were provided a lecture on the ten rights of a child. They  were also formed into groups to join in the poster making contest  focusing on the theme "Local Council for the Protection of Children para sa Bright Child : Pakilusin, Palakasin, Pagtulungan Natin".

A program highlighting the different skills and talents of children in singing, dancing and drama was also well participated in where the children rendered their prepared numbers  focusing on children issues.

Three non-governmental organizations with child focused advocacies convened also at the PSWDO last month to discuss programs and projects and where each can provide areas of complementation and fund sharing in the  several activities scheduled next year Relativo explained.

Josephina  B. Deri, federation manager of FACE, a non-governmental organization that provides assistance to children spearheaded the Children’s Month celebration and was one of the accomplished activities of the council to celebrate children’s month.

Meanwhile Rico Guarino, Local Government Operations Officer V (LGOO ) of the Department of the Interior and  Local Government  (DILG) also reported that their agency will be conducting a reorientation program to local officials about the utilization of the 1% budget allocation for the council in the barangays.

Part of the PCPC accomplishment this quarter was the inter visitation conducted also in several municipalities to monitor the functionality of the Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC) with the Department of Education and  Green Valley Development Program , both members  of the council providing assistance.

Relativo also shared to the members of the council that she attended a meeting on feed backing of the implementation of the Early Childhood and Development held at Manila Hotel last Aug. 31, 2011.

The recommendation during the conference was to construct a Child Development Center here where a paid Child Development Worker will be trained and will be the regular staff of the center.

In the meeting , a team building activity was also scheduled this January to provide all the members of the council added skills in the functionality of the organization to be conducted by the Local Government Academy. (PIA-SORSOGON)