DSWD SHIELD Primer Min
DSWD SHIELD Primer Min
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Edward D. Gonzales
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Acknowledgements
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) would like to extend its most
sincere gratitude and appreciation to our DSWD Regional Offices IV-A, V, VIII and our
SHIELD partners for participating in the IEC Development Writeshop and developing this
primer:
Acknowledgement is also given to the following personnel who conducted and assisted in
the conduct of the pre-testing of the materials in the communities:
We likewise acknowledge our local partners, the Local Government Units of Kananga,
Leyte and Catanauan, Quezon, for facilitating and participating in the pre-testing of the
primer.
We are also grateful to Assistant Secretary Aleli B. Bawagan, Director Cezario Joel C.
Espejo, OIC Director Helen Y. Suzara, Ina Alleco Silverio, and Edward D. Gonzales for
providing substantial inputs and guidance in the development and finalizing this primer.
Most importantly, to all the child laborers, who served as the inspiration for the development
of this material.
Message from the OIC - Secretary
According to a 2011 Survey on Children by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), there were 2.1 million child- laborers
in the country at the time of the survey. In the 2015 study of the Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education Research
(EILER), 22.5 percent of households have child workers. The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines earlier in 2017
mentioned that the country employs 5.5 million child- laborers. Children work in farms and plantations, in dangerous mines,
in the pyrotechnics industry, on the streets, in factories, and in private homes as child domestic workers. Agriculture also
remains to be the sector where most child laborers can be found at 58%. We have confirmed this data in our own National
Household Targeting System (NHTS) database which shows that there are 85,570 child laborers documented to work in
farming/ agriculture, in construction, manufacturing, deep-sea fishing, domestic work and mining.
These numbers show that child labor is prevalent in our country. The Philippines has long been trying to address child
labor, a social malaise that stems from the vicious cycle of poverty. It is a complex social concern which necessitates a
comprehensive and sustainable response from the government, non-government organizations, academe, civil society
organizations, and the general public as well. The numbers prove that more should still be done in the campaign against
child labor. We, therefore, should have a better response than what we had before.
There is no time to lose when it comes to our collective efforts to combat the widespread problem of child labor in the
Philippines.
There are already ongoing efforts to help parents to secure gainful and sustainable employment, and these efforts should
be complemented with programs to help their children. Because of widespread and deep-seated poverty in the Philippines,
so many children are forced to forego their childhood and become workers in factories, mines, plantations so they can earn
pittance wages they can give to their parents. We should all work together to bring an end to child labor and help children
recover their childhood.
We must unite with the national government and other concerned agencies in their efforts to respond directly to poverty,
too, must provide an appropriate intervention to put a stop to this social ill of making children work for the family’s needs.
We must immediately and urgently rally to respond to this concern because as the problem is unabated, children continue
to be violated a thousand fold, especially those child laborers engaged in backbreaking and hazardous work.
It is a very positive development that the DSWD’s Social Technology Bureau (STB) has begun to implement the project
“Strategic Helpdesks for Information, Education, Livelihood and other Developmental Interventions”, or SHIELD. This is
the first comprehensive project of DSWD on child labor. Through SHIELD, we envision the efforts against child labor to
strengthen all the way down to the community level.
Moreover, the Department has also developed the Module on Child Labor for the Family Development Sessions of the
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. We will focus on educating poor families about the long term effects of allowing
their children to work at an early age.
While we have these initiatives, the very essence of this activity is CONVERGENCE. There is a serious need for us to
converge our actions, systems, and processes if we want a holistic response that will stand the test of time.
Finally, it has to be stated that the laws that criminalize child labor should be enforced more stringently. We need to rescue
children who have become child laborers and help them and their parents build more stable, not to mention safer lives. The
children belong in school – we must help them be children and enjoy the rights that all children should enjoy in a just and
compassionate society.
Congratulations to everyone behind SHIELD which is a noble effort to extend the much needed “Maagap, Mapagkalinga,
Kumpleto at Pangmatagalang Serbisyo para sa ating mga kabataan.” Let us fight child labor and help our people battle
poverty on all levels so they themselves can help their own children. Let’s unite for a more humane and compassionate
society for our children.
EMMANUEL A. LEYCO
Officer-in-Charge
DSWD
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RA 9231: “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child.”
RA 9231: “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child.”
Gusto ko lahat ng bata
ay masaya tulad ko. Kaya
lang, pwede ba?
Ako si Pot-pot, 10-taong gulang at ipinanganak sa isang
masayang pamilya. Sina Tatay at Nanay ay may maayos
na trabaho kaya napag-aaral nila ako. Kasama ng aking
mga kapatid, nakatira kami sa isang maayos na tahanan
at kabilang sa isang payapa at tahimik na pamayanan.
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RA 9231: “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child.”
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RA 9231: “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child.”
Sana lahat ng bata katulad ko,
napapangalagaan ang karapatan,
sinusuportahan, at minamahal.
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Kawawa naman silang
RA 9231: “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child.”
RA 9231: “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child.”
Sila ang mga may edad 17 taong gulang paibaba.
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Ano ang child work?
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RA 9231: “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child.”
Ahhh..iyon pala ang
ibig sabihin ng child
work at child labor.
Para mas lalo pa
natin matandaan ang
pagkakaiba ng mga
katagang ito, narito
ang karagdagang
impormasyon:
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Ilang oras maaaring magtrabaho ang
isang bata?
RA 9231: “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child.”
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Ano ang maaaring parusa sa mga
lalabag sa batas?
RA 9231: “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child.”
MGA LALABAG MGA PAGLABAG PARUSA
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Sinuman sa Kapag gumamit ng Mapaparusahan
komunidad mga bata para sa mga base sa mga
gawaing may kinala- nakasaad sa
man sa iligal na droga. Comprehensive
RA 9231: “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child.”
Dangerous Drugs
Act of 2002.
Korporasyon kabilang Kapag lumabag sa Mapaparusahan
ang mga opisyal nito mga nakasaad sa RA base sa mga
9231. nakasaad sa RA
9231
Magulang o Kapag lumabag sa Magmumulta nang
tagapangalaga ng mga probisyon ng hindi bababa sa
bata batas kaugnay sa P10,000 at hindi
tamang edad at oras hihigit sa P100,000
ng pagtratrabaho ng o maaring
bata. magsagawa ng
community service
ng hindi bababa
sa 30 araw at hindi
hihigit sa isang
(1) taon. Maaring
parehong mag-
community service
at magmulta ayon
sa desisyon ng
korte.
Salamat sa RA 9231 at
napoprotektahan kaming mga
bata mula sa child labor. Sana,
sundin ng lahat sa komunidad
ang batas na ito. Nalaman ko
din na mayroon palang mga
programa ang gobyerno at mga
pribadong grupo para labanan
ang child labor at maibalik
ang mga kapwa ko bata sa
eskwelahan.
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Anu-ano ang mga programa at serbisyo ng
gobyerno upang labanan ang child labor?
(SPES)
• Project Angel Tree
• Legal Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
• Non-Formal Education
• Alternative Learning System (ALS)
• Formal School
- Vocational
- Modular
- Distance Education
labor
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Ano naman ang mga non-government
organizations (NGOs) na may mga
programa at serbisyo para labanan ang
child labor?
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ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOR EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH (EILER)
BAN TOXICS
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Upang lalo pang maprotektahan kaming
mga bata mula sa child labor, ang
DSWD, kasama ang ibang ahensya ng
gobyerno, mga pribadong organisasyon,
at ilang lokal na pamahalaan ay
naglunsad ng proyektong tinatawag na
SHIELD. Ano kaya ang proyektong ito?
SHIELD AGAINST CHILD LABOR
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Ano ang Strategic
Helpdesks for Intervention,
Education, Livelihood and
other Developmental
Interventions o SHIELD?
Ang SHIELD ay isang proyekto ng DSWD
sa pakikipagtulungan sa ibang ahensya
na naglalayong tumulong na labanan
ang child labor, partikular na ang mga
pinakamalalang uri nito na isinasagawa
ng mga batang nagtatrabaho sa mga
sumusunod:
• bukid o plantasyon
• minahan
• pagawaan ng paputok
• mga pabrika
• kalsada
• mga pribadong pamamahay kung
saan naninilbihan ang mga bata
bilang kasambahay
SHIELD AGAINST CHILD LABOR
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Bakit binuo ang proyektong SHIELD?
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Saan ang pilot areas ng proyekto?
Unang Bahagi:
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Pangalawang Bahagi:
Pangatlong Bahagi:
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Sana po ay matulungan ninyong
protektahan ang mga kapwa ko
bata laban sa child labor. Sana
po lahat ng mga batang katulad
ko ay nag-aaral at malayang
nakakapaglaro.
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Ang laban kontra sa child labor ay
hindi lamang responsibilidad ng
pamahalaan at ng mga pribadong
organisasyon. Ang child labor ay
dapat sama-samang labanan ng
komunidad.