Concepcion 2005 - LGRC DILG 10

meet their basic needs.
Result of the Minimum Basic Needs Survey states that
almost 47 % of the family are living below the poverty threshold.
Further studies also showed that the member of this 47
% families living below poverty line has low educational attainment
and without permanent jobs that resulted to school drop
outs and force young children to go out fishing to augment family
income.
Current Interventions
The Local Government Unit enter into an agreement
with the International Labor Organization and able to come up
with a Decent Work Resource Kit for the Local Government Unit
to use as a guide on how to address the problem. Initially the
Decent Work Resource Kit was already validated to be implemented
in the affected areas.
GOALS
1. Children and Women are empowered and able to
exercise their rights of protection
2. All adolescence are aware of their reproductive
rights
3. Quality facilities for special children
OBJECTIVES
1. To reduce the number of children suffering from sexual
exploitation, hazardous labor and substance abuse or
in conflict with the law by 50 %.
2. To reduce the Incidence of unregistered children from 4
% to 2 %.
3. To increase the number of parents with parenting skills
and capabilities needed to nurture a child by 50 %.
4. Top reduce the crime rate involving children in conflict
with the law from 4 cases to 2 cases by year 2007.
5. To reduce the incidence of rape cases by 50 %.
6. To provide all abused children with necessary protection
activities.
7. To increase the level of awareness of children and
women of their rights and privileges
8. To reduce the Incidence of child labor by 80 %.
STRATEGIES:
1. Information Education Campaign
2. Encourage/Motivate licensed foster homes
3. Provision of scholarship and skills training to poor
but deserving students
Barangay Health Care Worker tasked to monitor child health in
the barangay level with an honorarium commensurate to the
task assigned to them.
To further assure the implementation of Section 29.c
of this ordinance the Municipal Government of Concepcion in
particular shall take appropriate measures.
c.1. To combat disease and malnutrition within the
framework of primary health care, through the
application of readily available technology, and
through the provision of adequate nutritious
foods and clean drinking water, taking into
consideration the dangers and the risk of environment
pollution.
c.2. To establish a comprehensive Parents Orientation
Development Program which include courses
on reproductive health, child health and child
rearing practices in the context of the Filipino
psychology.
c.3. To monitor full implementation of the Milk Code
of the Philippines and advocate for the prosecution
of milk firms which violate the Code.
c.4. To conduct massive information and education on
breast-feeding, utilizing existing reference materials
for effective breast-feeding education
program. And those students in all levels are
required to take up breast-feeding course that
shall be an integral part of all curricular.
Section 28. Comprehensive Training Course on Child
Health. All health practitioners dealing with child health in government,
NGO or private institutions shall be required to complete
a Comprehensive Training Course on Child Health. No
one shall practice his or her health profession without the updated
Certificate of Completion of his training course that shall
be designed by the Council for the Protection of Children or as
prescribed in the implementing rules and regulations of this
ordinance.
Violation of this provision constitutes penalty of cancellation
of license to practice profession.
Section 29. Child Friendly Barangay Health Station in
Concepcion, Iloilo-All Barangay Health Station shall set-up
child-friendly units to include rooming-in facilities and pediatricappropriate
mechanism and gadgets.
Section 30. Creation of Children’s Unit in the Munici-