Children are the hope of the country
children are the hope of the country
MANILA -- The Council for the Welfare of Children will seek to
address the mental health and well-being of children as the council marks the
30th National Children’s Month observance on November 3.Highlighting the
theme “Kalusugan, Kaisipan at Kapakanan ng Bawat Bata Ating Tutukan,” the
kick-off ceremonies will gather participants from national government agencies,
non-government organizations, civil society organizations, and local government
units.Undersecretary Angelo Tapales, CWC Executive Director, said this year’s
theme is anchored on the World Health Organization’s statement that health
is “a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”“Many were affected during the
Covid-19 pandemic. But the silent victims of the pandemic are the youth and
children as there were no discussions on how the pandemic has affected them,”
Tapales said in a press briefing last Tuesday, October 25.He added the CWC will
also push for the review of the Mental Health Law to include children’s
welfare.In 2018, the Philippines had published findings from the 2015 National
Baseline Study on Violence against Children (NBS-VAC) showing that children and
youth aged 13-24 years, experience high levels of physical (64.2 per cent),
psychological (61.5 per cent), sexual (22.4 per cent) and peer (65 per cent)
violence. It was the first study to measure prevalence of all forms of
violence against children across the country.
Some activities lined-up during the kick-off are: ceremonial
launching of the CWC MAKABATA Helpline, partnership launching with the Miriam
College Child Rights Advocacy Center (CRAC), National Play Advocacy Week (NPAW)
Partners’ Play Toolkit launch, and the relaunching of the Mental Health
Literary Pieces for Children: Sarilaysay Activity Book and Eroplanong Papel
Comic Book.Video documentaries on the success stories of Local Government Units
on Child Participation and the Local Council for the Protection of Children
(LCPC Functionality) will also be shown.The Makabatang Buhay Talk Show on
Child-Friendly Local Governance will also be held with Mayor Dahlia A. Loyola
from the municipality of Carmona, Cavite as speaker.Republic Act 10661 or the
National Children’s Month Act is celebrated every November and commemorates the
adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20
November 1989. Under section 3 of the law, the CWC, National Youth Commission,
and the Department of Social Welfare Development were designated as the lead
agencies for the conduct of the celebration. The month-long celebration
aims to instill in the Filipino consciousness as well as sustain the promotion
and protection of children’s rights. (CS/PIA-PMD)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/2022/11/02/national-childrens-month-to-focus-on-childrens-mental-health-issues
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