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Date:
November 23, 1990
Source:
Republic of the Philippines,
Congress and Senate
Subject:
Barangay Level Total Development
and Protection of Children Act
Text:
It is
hereby declared to be the policy of the State to defend the right of children to
assistance, including proper care and nutrition against all forms of neglect,
abuse, cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their
development.
Filipino
children up to six (6) years of age deserve the best care and attention at the
family and community levels. Towards this end, there is hereby established a day
care center in every barangay with a total development and protection of
children program as provided in this Act instituted in every barangay day care
center.
The
Program shall include the following:
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Monitoring of registration of births and the completion
of the immunization series for prevention of tuberculosis, diphtheria,
pertusis, tetanus, measles, polio-myelitis and such other diseases for
which vaccines have been developed for administration to children up to
six (6) years of age;
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Growth and nutritional monitoring, with supplementary
nutritional feeding and supervision of nutritional intake at home;
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Care of children of working mothers during the day and,
where feasible, care for children up to six (6) years of age when mothers
are working at night;
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Materials and network of surrogate mothers-teachers who
will provide intellectual and mental stimulation to the children, as well
as supervise wholesome recreation, with a balanced program of supervised
play, mental stimulation activities, and group activities with peers; and
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A sanctuary for abused, neglected or exploited children
either in one child institution in the barangay and/or a network of
sanctuary-homes which will take in children in urgent need of protection
due to a situation which endangers the child or which exposes the child to
cruelty and abuse.
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