Butuan City – The focal persons of the Regional Committee for the Welfare of Children (RCWC) Caraga region gathered on August 13, 2014 at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Conference Hall to assess and to validate child friendly Local Government Units (LGUs).

RCWC focal person Aldie Mae Andoy stated, “DSWD supports the realization of children’s rights and building a “Child-Sensitive and Child-Friendly Society” in accordance with the country’s commitments to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).”

“We are closely working with the LGUs to strengthen the Local Council for the protection of the children,” she added.

The 3rd quarter meeting was called to assess and to validate the six (6) cities and sixty-seven (67) municipalities  using the Child-Friendly Local Government Audit (CFLGA)  tool to measure their performance in delivering children and youth-specific social services in the community.

The CFLGA is an audit system that assesses the delivery of social welfare services on child and youth. It is a result-based assessment tool and a mandatory audit designed to identify the results of the intervention.

The Council for the Welfare of Children has adopted the audit as a major tool in assessing LGU performance and uses its result as inputs in the Conferment of the Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance.

The results of the assessment were transmitted from the city/municipal level to the provincial level and to the regional level.

DSWD Regional Director Minda B. Brigoli, said, “Every child should live in a peaceful community,  exercise their rights, and to be  part of a loving  group.” ### Social Marketing Unit