“Datu Biong”, one of the parent-beneficiaries
expresses his happiness to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) officials,
Mayor Glicerio Monton, Gov. Erlpe John Amante, Cong. Angelica Rosedell Amante-Matba,
and other partners for providing them the livelihood assistance as well as the
bags and school supplies for their children, held recently at Brgy. Baleguian,
Jabonga, Agusan del Norte. (PIA-Caraga)
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga
Regional Dir. Ofelia Domingo together with Bureau of Workers with Special
Concerns Dir. Chita Cilindro, Usec. Lourdes Transmonte of DOLE, International
Labour Organization (ILO) Country Dir. Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Mayor Glicerio
Monton of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, and some regional directors of government
line agencies personally turn-over the carabaos to the parent-beneficiaries of
the 30 children 'Batang Kalabaw' in Barangay Baleguian, Jabonga, Agusan del
Norte. (PIA-Caraga)
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga
Regional Director Ofelia Domingo bares that DOLE intends to accomplish the following:
1) liberate the 'Batang Kalabaw' from hauling logs for a fee of P50 or less,
considered as worst forms of child labor; 2) provide livelihood to parents of
child laborers through provision of 13 carabaos; 3) to bring back the child
laborers in school; 4) to ensure that child laborers will remain in school
through provision of school supplies and source of income in the long term to
the parents; and 5) to achieve a child labor free barangay in Jabonga, Agusan
del Norte. (PIA-Caraga)
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
officials led by Usec. Lourdes Transmonte and Caraga Regional Director Ofelia
Domingo, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte Mayor Glicerio Monton, partner-stakeholders
with some leaders of the parent-beneficiaries are shown here signing a Memorandum
of Agreement (MOA) signifying their commitment to do its functions and
responsibilities in sustaining the program and the "Batang Malaya
Campaign: A child labor-free Philippines by 2016." (PIA-Caraga)
To address the dilemma on child labor in Caraga
region specifically in Agusan del Norte, the Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE) releases 13 carabaos to some 22 parents of the 30 children who are known
as ‘Batang Kalabaw’ in Barangay Baleguian, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte. The five
carabaos came from the DOLE-Caraga, the other three from the office of
Congresswoman Angelica Rosedell Amante-Matba and other five from the office of
Agusan del Norte Gov. Erlpe John Amante. (PIA-Caraga)
Children in Barangay Baleguian, Jabonga, Agusan
del Norte known as ‘Batang Kalabaw’ receive the bags with school supplies from
the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) led by Usec. Lourdes Transmonte
and Caraga Regional Dir. Ofelia Domingo. (PIA-Caraga)
Undersecretary Lourdes Transmonte of the
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) asks the help of the local tri-media
to promote its programs and services for the marginalized sector in the
community and to raise awareness to the people in eliminating child labor in
Caraga region, during the release of carabaos, starter kits, school supplies
and educational assistance to 30 ‘Batang Kalabaw’ and their parents held
recently at Brgy. Baleguian, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte. (PIA-Caraga)
International Labour Organization (ILO) Country
Dir. Laurence Jeff Johnson expresses his appreciation and gratitude to the
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and other government agencies in
converging its efforts with ILO to provide the needs and welfare of the
children and parents in the community especially in Jabonga, Agusan del Norte
where there are child-laborers 'Batang Kalabaw', during the release of
carabaos, starter kits, school supplies and educational assistance to 30 ‘Batang
Kalabaw’ and their parents held recently at Brgy. Baleguian, Jabonga, Agusan
del Norte. (PIA-Caraga)
