Policies • Waste Segregation law in every household • Law on Irresponsible Parenthood Recommended policies and programs and projects by adult stakeholders in Barangay Arkong Bato, Valenzuela City.
Programs and Projects • Seminars/Trainings for Adult and Youth • Additional community projects like livelihood both for men and women • Gardening/planting of vegetables even in cans only • Put up a Cooperative
projects for men and women, like gardening and planting of vegetables and putting up cooperatives as viable recommendations. They are also asking for more seminars and trainings for adults as well as the youth and for the formation of a cooperative in the barangay. The adult participants recommended enacting waste segregation laws as a disaster risk reduction measure as well as laws against irresponsible parenthood, to promote a child-centered community, all to improve the resilience of Barangay Arkong Bato.
Children and Youth Policies • • • • •
Recommended policies and programs and projects by children ad youth stakeholders in Barangay Arkong Bato, Valenzuela City
Stop child abuse Abide the curfew Stop bullying Paid parking area Anti-corruption - those people in authority not to use their power to oppress and rob the poor; they should be true to their professions • Continue to make policies for the barangay • Strict implementation of the law
Programs and Projects • • • • • • • • •
Lower tuition fees Feeding program for malnourished children Conduct summer reading camps Clean/unclog the canals to prevent floods/ sickness More garbage disposal places in the streets Active Participation of people Additional feasible projects in the community Create groups where youth can join Participation and involvement of youth in projects
The children and youth are greatly concerned with a large number of issues with child abuse and bullying topping that list. They recognize that there must also be action on the part of the adults, from policies implementing a curfew to anti-corruption policies. They assert that people in authority should not to use their power to oppress and rob the poor; they should be true to their positions. They advocate the strict implementation of the law. They suggested programs on education from lower tuition fees to summer reading camps, programs in general welfare such as feeding programs for the malnourished children, cleaning of the canals and the placement of more garbage disposal receptacles in the streets. They also push for greater participation of the community in community projects as well as allowing the participation of the children and the youth in such projects.
BARANGAY GEN. T. DE LEON Adults
The adults of Barangay Gen. T. De Leon prefer policy changes, or at least better implementation, as indicated in the hazards that they are concerned about and in the projects and programs they identified. They want better implementation of the RA 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Act and to have positive discipline made mandatory through law.The adult participants 224