Last December 11, 2017, the Regional Committee for the Welfare of Children (RCWC-NCR) conducted their first Local Council for the Protection  of Children (LCPC) at Icon hotel Timog attended by participants from the Local Council for the Protection of Children (LCPC)/ Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC), RCWC-NCR Members, Focal Person, Technical staff continue reading : DSWD-NCR’s First Conference/ Assembly for the Local Council for the Protection of Children

The submitted entry of Field Office – NCR for the M&E initiatives entitled “Ladderized Capability Building on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) to FO-NCR Staff” was one of the three chosen M&E initiatives to be presented during the 3rd Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Conference along with the entries from Field Office – CARAGA and Field Office continue reading : DSWD – NCR INITIATIVE RECOGNIZED IN 3RD ANNUAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION CONFERENCE

Herbalife Philippines organized their 3rd Children’s Christmas Charity Football Cup last December 10, 2017 at the EGV Football Field. There were four institutions invited to take part in this event which include, Tuloy sa Don Bosco, SOS Children’s Village, Elsie Gaches Village and Nayon ng Kabataan. The teams will be competing for the revolving trophy continue reading : EGV Athletes Win 2nd Place in the 3rd Children’s Christmas Charity Football Cup

In line with the commemoration of 25th National Children’s Month, the Regional Committee for the Welfare of the Children- National Capital Region (RCWC- NCR) held the 2017 Regional Children’s Congress with a theme, “Bata: Iligtas sa Droga!”  in Icon Hotel Timog on November 27- 28, 2017. There are about one hundred sixty three (163) participants continue reading : RCWC- NCR celebrates the 25th National Children’s Month

The 189 participants of the SM Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan Urban Farmers’ Training Program from Makati and San Juan City recently celebrated their Harvest Festival and Graduation. The two events mark the end of their 12 weeks of training in urban and containerized gardening. The Harvest Festival for Makati City was held on November 23 at continue reading : NEW BATCH OF URBAN FARMERS CELEBRATE THEIR HARVEST AND GRADUATION

The Regional Juvenile Justice and Welfare Committee – National Capital Region (RJJWC-NCR) celebrates its 6th Juvenile Justice and Welfare Consciousness Week with a theme: “Mapagkalingang Hustisya, Ugaliin at Pagtibayin!” on November 23, 2017 at Pacific, H2O Hotel, City of Manila. This is a week-long activity which commenced on November 19 and ended on November 25, continue reading : RJJWC-NCR celebrates the 6th Juvenile Justice and Welfare Consciousness Week

“Para kanino ka bumabangon? Para po sa aking pamilya at pangarap.” (For whom do you get up? For my family and my dreams. When asked Cienna, a 14 year-old child shared that her everyday life is a challenge being the eldest with four (4) siblings in a broken family which prompted them to live with continue reading : Building dreams while living under the bridge

Every year, the Haven for Children joins in the celebration of All Saint’s Day by decorating the center’s three cottages with the spookiest ensembles and wearing ghostly or bloody costumes. However, for this year’s celebration, the Psychological Service initiated a conventional and yet on-trend way to celebrate All Saint’s Day by honouring the saints which continue reading : HAVEN FOR CHILDREN CONDUCTS HOLY-WEEN ACTIVITY