MALUNGON, Sarangani – UNICEF Philippines, an agency of the United Nations that is keen of serving the world’s children, turned-over Monday (Sept. 8) various kind of educational materials and other related provisions in support to the local government’s thrust of strengthening more its children’s development program here in this municipality.
Ma. Cecilia Dajoyag-Arcadio, ECD officer of Unicef’s education section, said the donation compose of story books, toys, minor medical instruments, kits, catalogs, kitchen utensils, chairs, tables and furniture sets will be distributed to the different pre-schools of the comprising 31 barangays of this town. “This is part of our intensive campaign for the good of every Filipino child,” she added.
The local Social Welfare head Mildred Dela Cuesta, said the supplies, all properly contained in 66 huge plastic packs worth P11, 789.00 each, were properly received by no less Mayor Reynaldo F. Constantino and other municipal officials right after the Monday-held flag raising ceremony.
“Actually, after thorough assessment, we have already submitted our honorable mayor a list of would be beneficiaries coming from the different comprising local barangays,” Dela Cuesta said.
Meanwhile, Dela Cuesta modestly rectified a recently published news article by a Manila-based national daily, in relation to the recently held turnover of some P2.3 million funding to the local government, by representatives of Early Child Care and Development Council (ECCD), for the construction of an “urbanely-designed” daycare center in Brgy. Poblacion.
The MSWD officer has clarified that the budget was provided not by the Social Welfare and Services department as reported, but by ECCD itself, in its noble aim to assist the local government of its desire to construct more learning facilities. (Isagani Palma-MALUNGON INFORMATION OFFICE).
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