By Alfonso T. Ruda
DIPOLOG CITY - The Regional Inter-Agency Monitoring Team recently converged at the provincial office of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) here Monday to conduct an annual assessment on the functionality of Local Council for the Protection of Children (LCPC) in the area.
The assessment team is composed of the representatives from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Economic Development Authority(NEDA), National Nutrition Council (NNC), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Philippine Information Agency(PIA).
It can be recalled that the LCPC in Zamboanga del Norte was reconstituted last year with Governor Roberto Uy as chairman and Vice Governor Senen Angeles as vice chairman, undertaking various activities for the welfare of children in the area.
The provincial government has been strictly implementing the Asin Law and conducting supplemental feeding and other health interventions in collaboration with various concerned agencies in the province.
However, it was found out that these undertakings were not initiated by the LCPC but were implemented by the various offices of the provincial government as part of its regular annual program.
The annual assessment is to validate the existence of LCPC and to assess its functionality. It also seeks to determine whether these programs and projects for the children are being implemented.