austraLasia #1967

Laura Vicuña Foundation promotes Filipino Bright Child

MANILA: 26th October 2007 -- For the past fifteen years the Filipino nation has celebrated and recognised Filipino children as the most valuable asset of the nation through the observance of National Children’s Month. Through the signing of Proclamation No. 267, the month of October was designated to commemorate Filipino Children and emphasise the importance of the role of the child within the Filipino family and within Philippine society. As a partner NGO of the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), the lead agency for this celebration, and an accredited organization of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Laura Vicuña Foundation spearheaded activities in relation to this year’s theme dubbed as BRIGHT CHILD: Karapatan Nasa’yo, Isigaw sa Buong Mundo. ( Let the world know your rights. ). 

    On the afternoon of October 20, 2007, about 400 children and youth from the LVF Centers in Sta. Mesa, Tondo, Cubao, the LVF Pasay Street Camp and VIDES kids from Delpan gathered together at the Laura Vicuña Hall at Don Bosco School Sta. Mesa, Manila, for the National Children’s Month Celebration spearheaded by the Laura Vicuña Foundation, Inc. Through songs, dances, drama, poetry, arts and literary works, the children had the whole time of the celebration to assert their rights, express their views and share their talents.   

    This huge event is a culmination of a series of activities organized by the Laura Vicuña Foundation for the whole month of October to make the National Children’s Month celebration meaningful and empowering for every child being served by LVF. With the full support and cooperation of the communities of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), LVF was able to actively involve the children in various activities that deepened their awareness on children’s rights and created a sense of responsibility to respect, protect, promote and uphold their rights as well as those of other children. 

    The grand showcase of talents last October 20 speaks so well of how the activities (i.e. Seminars on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Protective Behavior Training for Child Abuse Prevention participated in by 800 children; essay writing contest and mural painting contest; and advocacy thru streamer display)   influenced their line of thinking with the way they conceptualised their presentations in various forms. The children and youth partners in LVF-Negros Occidental also gave their very best effort in all the activities especially the essay writing contest, bagging the second and third prizes. 

    For a video documentation of this event, visit this site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbsNfHEV6dY  
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