RCWC readies activities for 2022 NCM celebration
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN
CITY – The Regional Committee for the Welfare of Children (RCWC) chaired by the
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga are now preparing
the lined-up activities for this year’s 30thNational Children’s
Month (NCM) celebration in November.
This
year’s NCM will kick-off on November 3 through a conduct of an opening program
with expected participants of 70 from various government agencies,
non-government organizations, and private stakeholders.
The
RCWC members have agreed to conduct the following activities:
· Kapihan
sa SM City Butuan to be conducted by the Philippine Information Agency Caraga
scheduled on November 4, 2022 at the 3rd Floor Events Center of
SM City Butuan;
· Outreach
Program scheduled on November 10-11, 2022 at the residential facilities of
Balay Silonganan,, Bethany Homes, Gesu Eucaristico Children's Inc. (GECI) in
Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, and Bahay Pag-Asa in Tubay, Agusan del Norte;
· Outreach
Program scheduled on November 24, 2022 in an Indigenous Peoples (IP) community
at Barangay Sabang Gibong in the municipality of Talacogon in Agusan del Sur;
and
· Contests
such as – Caraga CAN Logo Making; MakaBatang Corner (Best Advocay Corner); and
Caraga, MakaBata Ka Ba? Virtual Quiz Show.
According
to DSWD Caraga Regional Director Mari-flor Dollaga-Libang, the National Children’s
Month is an annual observance on the gains of the continuous pursuit towards
the protection of the rights of children, promotion of their welfare and in
commemoration of the promulgation of the first international instrument that
acknowledges and recognizes the rights of children as integral and core to
human rights through the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(UNCRC) to which the Philippines is a signatory.
“By
virtue of Republic Act 10661 or the National Children’s Month Act, the
Children’s Month is observed every November and usually bears a unique focus
year by year,” said Dollaga-Libang.
She
added that this year’s NCM will focus on the mental health of the children
bearing the theme “Kalusugan, Kaisipan, at Kapakanan ng Bawat Bata Ating
Tutukan! (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
