By Mary May A. Abellon
DIPOLOG
CITY – The city government here got an above ideal level of
functionality in the protection and welfare of children, according to the Regional
Inter-Agency Monitoring Task Force on the functionality of the Local Council on
the Protection of Children (LCPC).
The
task force led by LGOO Jaber Jamani of the Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG)-9 on Wednesday was here to conduct an assessment to the
provincial government on its programs and projects for the protection of
children.
The
LCPC, which is composed of the DILG, Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department
of Health (DOH), National Nutrition Council (NNC), Department of Education
(DepEd) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), is a council organized at the
provincial, city, municipal and barangay levels, serving as the umbrella
organization for all children’s concerns that advocates child’s rights and the
implementation children’s programs at the local levels.
Dipolog
City reportedly got 102.5% rating, which is above ideal on the level of
functionality based on the assessment conducted this year on its 2014
accomplishments on programs and projects for the protection and welfare of
children.
Moreover, LCPC is responsible for planning and
spearheading programs for children in the city to make it child-friendly.
It
can be recalled that Mayor Evelyn T. Uy presented during her latest state of
the city address a hall of fame award for Dipolog City as child-friendly city, the
only city to receive such an award in the whole of Mindanao.