by Claro A. Lanipa
Pagadian City, July 13 (PIA) – The nation will commemorate the 34th National
Disability and Prevention Week on July 17-23, 2012, with the aim to stimulate public awareness on the issues
and problems of disability, thereby encouraging every citizen of the country to
take active role in the upliftment of the economic and social conditions of
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) of our society.
To highlight this year’s NDPR Week celebration, the theme
“Mainstreaming
Persons
with Disabilities in Economic Development” is adopted. The theme was
conceptualized to contribute and promote the full employment of persons with
disabilities and to tackle barriers and gaps, facilitate stakeholder’s
cooperation, develop innovative approaches and support human rights-based
initiatives for economic development of persons with disabilities.
For this year’s celebration, the Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE) will act as the chair of the National Working Committee
(NWC), created and organized by the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA),
supported by various stakeholders in both the government and private sectors
including civil society organizations and the sector of persons with
disabilities itself.
To show its full support to the observance, the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-IX) headed by Regional
Executive Director Arleigh Adorable, in coordination with other concerned
government agencies has lined up fitting activities for the said occasion.
These are as follows: July 16 - hanging/display of
streamers at their office vicinity, conduct of a short program with invited
speaker to speak on this year’s theme to be attended by all its officials and
employees; July 17 - fish and food processing training-workshop to be
participated by representatives of the differently –abled persons and selected
female employees of DENR; July 18 - information and education campaign on the
National Greening Program (NGP) with the PWDs; July 19 - tree planting to be
participated by national, provincial and city offices including selected
schools in the city and selected PWDs.
A culmination program will also be conducted on July 23
to highlight the birth of Apolinario Mabini, as an outstanding icon of PWDs and
awarding of certificate of participation to fish and food processing
training-workshop participants. (DENR-9/CAL/PIA9)