The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD FO6) held a workshop for the Development of the Monitoring System for the Comprehensive Program for Street Children.

“Our children have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. It is our duty to translate these rights into concrete programs and actions that will make a difference in their lives,” said John Prytzch S. Carullo, Project Development Officer (PDO III) of the Social Technology Bureau (STB) from the Central Office.

The workshop was held as a three-day activity from July 19-21, 2017 in Madison Hotel, Iloilo City.

The said event gathered participants from the program’s four pilot areas which includes the municipalities of Estancia and Iloilo City from Iloilo province and the municipalities of Malay and Roxas City from Aklan province.

Each pilot areas exhibited the Program’s status of implementation in their LGUs and shared their good practices and accomplishments through a gallery walk for viewing.

The activity also gave way for the Program to identify some areas of improvement for further future developments.

Spearheaded by the Social Technology Unit of DSWD6, the workshop highlighted the development of the Program’s system including the profiling and monitoring of Street Children.

According to Carullo, profiling and monitoring street children is a hard task since the kids stay at a certain place only for a while.

“Enhancement of the system and processes will greatly help to achieve our Program’s objectives but more importantly, the intensified cooperation and initiatives of the program implementers are needed for this mission to be accomplished successfully,” Carullo finally emphasized./XzyrabelleServento/DSWD6/