National Day Care Workers Week celebration

MAITUM, Sarangani (June 20, 2012) - Headed by their provincial president Julie Fe Rosete (3rd left), members of the Day Care Workers Federation of Maitum pose with (4th, left to right) MSWDO Nelia Quimsing, Mayor Elsie Perrett, Board Member George Perrett and, Sangguniang Bayan Member Ruben Balanag as they finish celebrating the National Day Care Workers Week Monday, June 18. With this year's theme "Day Care Workers Kaagapay ng Pamilya at Pamahalaan sa Programang Early Childhood Care and Development", the program with 43 service providers caters to 1,555 three- to four-year old day care enrolled kids enjoying free supplemental feeding daily since November 2011, with complete eating materials. The program also caters to children in need of protection, and children with disability under the supervision of the municipal social welfare and development officer and the Local Government Unit of Maitum. The National Day Care Workers Week is a government program mandated in Proclamation No. 404 series of 2003, declaring June 7 to 11 and every year thereafter as day care workers’ week. For more news and updates, please visit the Province of Sarangani . (Joylyn Ty/MAITUM INFORMATION OFFICE)