ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas is sharing the initiatives undertaken by the city government for the protection and concerns of children during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (COVID-19).
Treñas will join Mayor Benjamin Magalong of Baguio City in the webinar “PandeMIC Check: The Local Experiences in Protecting Children and their Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic” around 2 p.m. today via Zoom.
All local chief executives in the country were invited to take part in the webinar which will be streamed live through the Facebook pages of the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), Regional Council for the Welfare of Children-Western Visayas and Department of Social Welfare and Development Western Visayas as part of the 2020 National Children’s Month celebration this November.
Organized by the Department of the Interior and Local Government and CWC, the two-hour webinar aims to share the local initiatives to protect and address concerns of children and their families during the pandemic, challenges they encountered and recommendations on how to appropriately respond to pandemic like COVID-19. (With a report from PIA/PN)
