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Manila LGU receives new award for protecting children

Published Nov 8, 2023 02:33 am
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Mayor Honey Lacuna spends time with children in many programs and events lined up for them. (JERRY S. TAN/MANILA BULLETIN)

The Manila local government announced on Tuesday, Nov. 7, that it received a new award for this year's Local Council for the Protection of Children (LCPC) Ideal Functionality Assessment.

Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan thanked all the concerned local government units that made the award possible. 

She said the recognition was a clear indication of the city's strong foundation of cooperation and dedicated efforts to care for the children of Manila.

She said that the city also received the same award in 2023.

Meanwhile, Lacuna-Pangan also said that the city will be holding its Children's Congress, which will be attended by representatives of youth groups from the different barangays in Manila along with partner non-government organizations on Nov. 18.

Universidad de Manila under President Felma Carlos-Tria will host the event, where a Children’s Advocacy Fair and Forum on Children’s Rights will also be held.

"Patuloy tayo sa pagsisikap na pangalagaan, paka-ingatan at pahalagahan ang lahat ng mga Batang Manilenyo. Magtulungan tayong dinggin ang kanilang mga munting tinig at alalayan silang abutin ang kanilang mga munting pangarap. Sila ang ating pag-asa. Ialay natin sa kanila ang isang maganda, malinis, masigla, maunlad at ligtas na lungsod. Sa Maringal na Maynila, bawat bata kinakalinga (We will continue to strive to care for, and appreciate all the Manilenyo Children. Let's work together to hear their little voices and help them reach their little dreams. They are our hope. Let's offer them a beautiful, clean, vibrant, prosperous and safe city. In Maringal na Manila, every child is cared for)," the local chief executive expressed.

Under the lady mayor's administration, about 25,000 children from different daycare centers are being given five kilos of rice each per month, apart from the daily supply of nutribun, nutripacks, and other kinds of food that contain mongo, egg, tuna, and noodles.

Meanwhile, 19,839 students from Kinder to  Grade 6  in the city's public schools in Manila received food packs and milk through school-based feeding programs.

Free operations for children with cleft and lip palate are also being carried out at Sta. Ana Hospital, which is headed by its director Dr. Grace Padilla. 

The city also conducts a Dengue Awareness Campaign at Ospital ng Sampaloc, free anti-rabies injections at  Lanuza Health Center, Regular Diabetes Screening, and "Libreng Gamutan para sa mga Batang may Tuberculoses" at the city's different health centers.

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