DSSD- Bacolod Accomplished 1.3M Projects for 1st Quarter of 2005

     The Bacolod Department of Social Services and Development presents its accomplishments for the first quarter of this year at the "Orientation on the Strengthening of the BCPC' meeting with City Mayor Evelio Leonardia today April 29, 2005 at the DSSD Office, 1:00PM.
     Among the accomplishments to be highlighted are: the Recognition Programs of the 119 Daycare Centers that graduated 1,219 pre-schoolers as of March 30, 2005, the Parent's Congress held February 15 at the Bay Center attended by Presidents and Secretaries of the 119 Day Care Parents Committee Group and the Children Congress held March 18 at the Pearl Manor Hotel Banquet Center attended by around 300 participants concerned with the welfare of the children of the poor.
     In an interview Linda Ablanque, Head of the local DSSD said that accomplishments for the 1st quarter of this year are noticeably more than those accomplished for the same period in the previous year. Per Ablanque, our local DSSD has, for the first quarter, served a total of 29,250 cases for the following projects: Orientations on Parent Effectiveness, Solid Waste Management, ERPAT ( or Empowerment and Reaffirmation of Paternal Abilities Training), Spiritual Enhancement, Basic Cooperative, Special Protection of Children Against Exploitation RD 7610, Nutrition Information Education, Environment and Sanitation Re: Cholera, Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, Health Education, Disabled Welfare Program, Senior's Citizen's Center for the Welfare of the Elderly.
     The DSSD also held conferences for parents and Daycare workers on areas of cooperation regarding children, parent-child sessions, supplemental feeding for both children and abandoned elderly citizens. Daycare workers supervised neighborhood play for children and socio-cultural and recreational activities for parents and elder clients. 
     Referral services were also offered for deworming, medical check-ups. vitamin supplementation, seed distribution (in coordination with the Dept. of Agriculture), Pre-natal and family planning, immunizations, daycare enrollment and baptisms.
     Social Workers of the DSSD supervised the treatment and counseling of victims of domestic violence - the Women's Crisis Center and the Balay Pasilungan, Development Center for Street Children, Home for the Blind, and the Rehab Center for  Juveniles in Conflict with the Law.
     The Department utilized a total of 1.3 Million ( P 1,302,205.26) in the implementation of the above-mentioned projects and programs which totals to 29,250 availments by clients.
     Per the office of Ms. Ablanque, the different projects of the DSSD is made possible through the sponsorship of the following civic-minded organizations: Soroptimist International, AFINO, Rotary Clubs of Bacolod and Bacolod South, Dra. Diana Nandwani and Group, Mt. Kanlaon Lions Club, Bacolod Lions, Bulig Foundation, Kiwanis Bacolod, NFSP, and other kind-hearted citizens and aggrupations in cooperation with the city government.
     The DSSD also collaborated with the other offices of the city government such as the PAAD (Public Affairs and Assistance Division), the Dept. of Agriculture, CADAC (Citizen's Anti0Drug Council), OSCA ( Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs), VRHD (Volunteers for the Rehabilitations of the Handicapped and the Disabled) in their projects on seedling distribution, counseling and rehabilitation of drug dependents, care and education of street children, skills training among others.(PIO-CMO)

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