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Gender and Development Coordinating Committee : Activity Report of Visit to Home for the Girls (2014)


ACTIVITY REPORT

 Name of Activity: Visit to Home for the Girls

Date of Activity: December 10, 2014

 Venue: Home for the Girls, Brgy. Bonbon, Butuan City

 Objectives:


 



ØTo increase awareness of rights bearer on violence against women and to augment the efforts of duty-bearers in eliminating gender based violence.

Ø  To increase commitments of rights-holder in eliminating violence against women and children.

Ø  To forge partnerships among stakeholders in addressing VAW.

Preparation Phase:

 

            The Gender and Poverty Subcommittee had a meeting last November 14, 2014 at DTI-RO Conference Room. Ms. Jasmine Faelnar, GAD Focal Person for DTI, presided the meeting.  

 Invitation letters to the Technical Working Group Members were sent by NEDA secretariat, Ms. Anna Loraine Mendoza. Request letter for gifts and snacks for the survivors at the Home for the Girls was prepared and sent by GADCC secretariat, Ms. Cecille M. Gultiano

 

Implementation Proper:  

            At exactly 1:37 pm, the GADCC participants started to arrive at the Home for the Girls. Department of Agrarian Reform brought gifts for the young survivors. Two older survivors, or clients as they are called by their house parents, hosted the program.

The Center Manager, Ms. Fe Saumat, expressed her welcome address and continued on to give basic information about the home, including its history and the statistics, and shared about the survivors’ concerns, using a Power point presentation.

At 2:30pm, Ms. Jasmine Faelnar, DTI GAD Focal Person, acknowledged the participants who joined in the visit. The participants that visited were representatives from the following offices: PCA, NMIS, PhilFida 13, SJIT, DAR, CSU, CAAP, DSWD, DTI and TESDA.

 At 2:48 pm, Ms. Edna Hontiveros, GADCC Co-Chairperson, gave her message to the survivors in the Home for Girls. Giving them confidence that they are supported by the GADCC. She also expressed why it is so important to minimize cases of abuse here in the region.

            Next, the survivors of the Home for Girls performed an intermission in a form of a dance. The participants enjoyed their performance but the girls weren’t the only ones providing entertainment, the representatives from Department of Agrarian Reform (Regional office) also did a dance for the girls and the other participants. After that, the girls are given presents courtesy of DAR.   The visit ended at 3:15 pm, with a final intermission from the survivors and an expression of thanks from Ms. Saumat.

            Blessings from the GADCC did not stop there when the Department of Education (DepEd) arrived late and distributed basic toiletries to the survivors.

 

Recommendations:

Ø  Next time, there should have been at least one representative from the TWG.

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