As mandated by Republic Act 10661 dated July 22, 2014, the month of November year is declared as the National Children’s Month. This is to instill the significance of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nation in the Filipino Consciousness. The Children’s Month Celebration is a time to recognize the value of Filipino Children as the most valuable asset in the society.

The Regional Council for the Welfare of Children and the Department of Social Welfare and Development lead this year’s celebration. The theme for this year’s event is “Isulong, Kalidad na Edukasyon Para sa Lahat ng Bata. The theme focuses on the rights of children to education.
With the participation of the different members of the Regional Council for the Welfare of Children (RCWC), the following are the lined-up Activities:

November 8, 2016 – Foot parade and Zumba
November 15, 2016 – Gulayan sa Paaralan
November 15-17, 2016 – Roll-out Training on Monitoring, Reporting and Response System (MRRS) on the Grave Child Rights Violations in the context of Armed Conflict.
November 14, 2016 – Breastfeeding in Transit
November 15, 2016 – Forum on PIA
Gulayan sa Paaralan

November 23, 2016 – Training for selected school children on Basic Emergency First Aid for Children.
November 24, 2016 – Regional Poster Making Contest on Child Pornography with selected school children.

The month’s celebration will culminate on November 28, 2016 with the following activity: Ecumenical Service, Pledge of Commitment per agency, testimonials from the different sector of children, awarding of Certificate of Commendation to different partners and the turn-over of pencils to DepEd. ###eejerusalem