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| ==[[Masbate News]]== | | ==[[Masbate News]]== |
| '''80,000 Masbate families get DSWD cash assistance''' | | '''Masbate sets an evening to morning hawker market''' |
| *Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/81483/80000-masbate-families-get-dswd-cash-assistance | | *Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=61170 |
| *5:09 am | Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 | | *Wednesday, October 26, 2011 |
| :by Philippine Daily Inquirer | | :by PIA Press Release |
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| As many as 80,000 families (or 400,000 people) in Masbate, one of the poorest provinces in the Philippines, now have access to social assistance and development through the Pantawid Pamilya (Conditional Cash Transfer or CCT) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
| | CITY OF MASBATE, October 26 (PIA) -- To boost the local economy, the city government is set to open the People’s Place, a hawker market designed for those who are about to end five busy days. |
| At a recent meeting, Unicef country representative Vanessa Tobin reiterated to Masbate Gov. Rizalina Seachon-Lanete and Vice Gov. Vince Revil Unicef’s continued support for the social protection program, particularly the CCT.
| | The People’s Place will be located at Ibañez st. here, thus, most of that stretch will be temporarily closed to traffic during the hawking period. Only the junctions of Mabini and Medina streets and the municipal road will remain open to vehicles. |
| Addressing vulnerabilities is also the main aim of Unicef’s Country Program of Cooperation with the Philippine government for the period 2012-2016, Tobin said.
| | Business starts at 6 p.m. on Fridays and all hawkers pack up not later than 2 a.m. the next day. |
| Equity and social justice
| | Considered one of the icons of urban lifestyle, hawker markets are open-air house stalls selling food including turo-turo, ballot, barbecue, fruits, processed meat and souvenir products. |
| “Unicef is committed to social protection as a fundamental right for children and as a key policy for supporting equity and social justice. Social protection is an essential channel for filling the gap between families that are adequately reached by services and those that are excluded, and to promote a fair provision of services and the realization of children’s rights,” she added.
| | Food lovers can savor the native dishes right in the rows of cafeteria where meals are served to customers. |
| The United Nations’ agency for children is also supporting the implementation of the CCT in Pasay City and eight other areas. | | Another reason for families and barkadas to visit the People’s Place is its videoke bars. |
| In Masbate, Tobin met with the parents and children who have benefited from the program, as well as those who provide the essential services like teachers, day care workers, social workers and barangay captains.
| | Mayor Socrates M. Tuason has signed into law the ordinance 129-11, in which the People’s Place and the regulations governing it were made official. (MAL/EADelgado, PIA Masbate) |
| Poverty incidence dropped
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| They testified how the cash grant and the complementary services had helped their families, especially their kids. Lanete also said Masbate—whose poverty incidence dropped from 65 percent in 2000 to 42.5 percent in 2009—was determined to move out of the top 10 poorest provinces.
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| Unicef has assisted disadvantaged communities in Masbate through such services as rehabilitation of day care centers and schools, and construction of water and sanitation facilities in remote areas like Iniwaran, Cataingan and Cawayan.
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| It has provided 85 center-based day care centers, 74 home-based day care centers and 75 schools, and built two day care centers and two water and sanitation facilities.
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| It has strengthened Masbate’s child protection systems by conducting advocacy and community education sessions on child protection issues and capacity-building for social workers, law enforcers and prosecutors on how to effectively handle cases of children in conflict with the law.
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| Working in partnership with other UN agencies, Unicef also supports the implementation of the Joint Program on Youth, Employment and Migration.
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| ==Photo Gallery of Masbate, Philippines== | | ==Photo Gallery of Masbate, Philippines== |