abpl newsletter march 2012
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Akap Bata Party-list
(ABPL) spearheads
ght to promote Day
Care Workers (DCW) rights
and welare. The Magna Carta
or Day Care or House Bill
5852 (HB 5852) was drated by
Bayan Muna Rep. teddy Casiohas recently paved its way to
the congress last Februry 14th.
The said bill ocuses on the
real plight o the workers,
wherein salary standardization
o Grade 8 or Php8,000.00 as
their starting pay and security
tenure wherein they cannot be
dismissed to work without due
cause. Benets such as hazard
pay overtime pay, social ser-
vice, medical benets was alsoconversed.
Child rights party-list
Akap Bata helped mon-
itor the implementation
o Dep Ed order number 8 se-
ries o 2012. The said memo
prohibits excessive and illegal
collection o Graduation Fees(Grad Fee). The Grad Fee
Monitor 2012 was launched
last February 14 which aims to
serve as a grievance desk and
hotline to monitor the said ees
in public elementary and high
school.
Correspondingly, Akap Bata
Party-List (ABPL) received
some complaints rom dier-
Akap Bata Spearheads Campaign forMagna Carta for Day Care Workers
Minsan walang sweldo, minsan
meron. Volunteer lang talaga.
(I we are lucky, we are no
replaced. Sometimes we have
salary, sometimes we have
This is just volunteer work)
They believe that this aects
child rearing and hampers childdevelopment.
The said research has also re-
vealed the glaring condition
o DCWs, most o the day
care workers are receives a
minimum salary or P500 up to
P2,000 as salary. She also said
that most o them are withou
assurance that they would keep
their work in the uture. HD-
CWs in private Day Care Cen-
ters (DCC) are more privileged
Akap Bata Monitors Graduation Fee Collectionent schools with regards the
said graduation ee. According
to reports, the highest priced
graduation ee is rom Bunga-
rin Elementary School in Rizal
which is around Php 1,500.00
and the lowest priced gradu-ation ee is rom Parang El-
ementary School in Marikina
City amounting to Php 238.00.
Some items that are being ask
or payments include toga,
graduation picture, decoration
and oods. Most complainants
lament that Kapag hindi nag-
bayad ng grad ee, di maku-
kuha ang card. While some
complainants were threatened
that graduation rites will be
cancelled.
As complaints regarding gradu-
ation ee esalated, ABPL re-
iterates to the Department o
Education (Dep Ed) SecretaryArmin Luistro to strictly imple-
ments the DepEd Order 8, se-
ries o 2005 which prohibits the
collection o any graduation ee
or any kind o contribution or
the graduation rites.
In a report, Luistro stated that
DepEd is such a big organiza-
tion and we need more hands
on deck in ensuring that gradu-
ation rites are devoid o pomp
and pageantry and that no ees
are collected rom students.
Likewise, Akap Bata Party Lis
National Secretary-Genera
Arlene Brosas said in a state-ment that We are one with the
DepEd in pushing this kind o
policy that will surely bene
our graduating students.
She also added As prices o
basic commodities and services
rise, all orms o charges im
posed against our graduating
students this year will be con
The Plight of DCWs
In a eld research, one DCW
was quoted saying May mga
kasamahan kami na ilang taon
na nagtuturo sa Day Care peropag napapalitan ang chairman,
napapalitan na rin sila (We have
collagues who are aected by
politicking. I the Barangay
chairman is replaced ater elec-
tions, DCW are replaced too.
She also added that Swertihanlang kung hindi kami alisin. continued on page 2
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Akap bata South NCR
conducted eeding
program in Barangay
South Daang Hari in Taguig
City on January 29. Children
aged three to seven years oage were the main target o
the program. Jagz Dela Cruz
o Akap bata Pasay supported
the event together with other
organizations including Tra-
ditional Youth Organization,
Sk Council o Barangay South
Daang Hari (SDH), Anaka-
Bayan-SDH, Kabataan Party
List-SDH, and Kadmay SDH.
The objective o the activity is
to create local chapters to assist
in the establishment o ABPL.Rights o a child were tackled.
Parents o the children involved
were also present.
Aside rom Southern part o
NCR, eeding programs were
also held consequently amongdierent parts o NCR such
as Caloocan, Manila, Makati,
Quezon City, Pasig and Mariki-
na. The said program even
reached until the provinces o
Antipolo, Rizal and Cavite.
Akap Bata South NCR Coordi-
nator Jagz De La Cruz said that
Akap Bata eedding programs
are eorts exerted by the com-
munity. Everyone participates
to make the series o theseevents succesul. She also
NEWS
Akap Bata Holds Feeding Program
added that Hon. Teddy Casino
helped provide the hot meals.
Akap bata estimated a total o
5,000 children who benetted
rom the said program.
because their condition and
salary is relatively better.
Campaign Development
Akap Bata Party-list Secretary
General Arlene Brosas said that
As a basic social institution, itis just right and air to protect the
carers o our children as much
as we care or their uture. She
also added that Most o the day
care school teachers are proes-
sionals, either education or child
development graduate.
HB 5852 was rst discussed
last December 2011 during the
gathering o Federation o Day
care Workers in Antipolo City,
Rizal. The said event was at-
tended by over 180 DCWs. A
consultation with Cong. Ca-
sio together with the day care
workers o Brgy. San Luis, An-
tipolo City, day care teachers o
Akap Bata Philippines Inc also
took place. The bill and its pro-
visions were tackled.
Currently, the HB 5852 is being
lobbied in many parts o Luzon
Magna Carta...(from page 1)
and has now reached provinces
o Rizal, Ilocos, Baguio, Bi-
col and several parrts in Metro
Manila. It has gained various
support rom many child-rights
advocates, public ocials and
Church institutions. Various lo-
cal legislations has also beenadopted in Tabaco City, Albay
and Virac, Catanduanes as o
press time.
Supporters:
Most Reverend Bishop Joel Bay-
lon, City Social Welare and De-
velopment Ofcer- Maria Marlene
Guiuan-Manaya, RSW (Regional
Social Worker), Assistant City
Social Welare and Development
Ofcer- Elenor P. Homo, RSW o
Legaspi, Albay; Bikol Social Ac-
tion Center -CAPIU Child Abuse
Prevention and Intervention Unit;
CAR Day Care Worker Federation
President and Vice President North
Luzon Day Care Workers Federa-
tion- Ms. Conie Labon; Bulacan
Vice Governor Daniel Fernando
and Quezon City Councilors Al-
red Vargas, Masbate City Mayor,
Maureen Brizu (President, Region
5 Federation o DCW) and Quezon
City Councilor Candy Medina.
sidered exorbitant and unjust.
Brosas also said that they will
be rm in pushing sanctions
against violators.
Brosas also stated that We
challenged the administration
o President Benigno Simeon
Aquino III that i he really
wants to ensure that no ees
will be imposed against public
school students rom this day
onwards, tehn he must priori-
tize the sector o education in
terms o allotting higher budget
above anything else.
Graduation Fee... (from page 1)
Akap-Bata encourages parents
and students to report their
complains to this hotline (02)
5163206 regarding gradua
tion ees. Complainants most-
ly came rom the provinces
o Pampanga, Nueca Ecija
Marikina, Quezon, Antipolo
Eastern Samar, Zambales
Caloocan, San Juan Pasig, No-
valiches, Camarines Sur, Bicol
Bulacan, Batangas, Laguna, Al
bay and Quezon City. The com
plaints are now consolidated
and has been orwarded to the
Dep Ed.
In 2009, 3.3 million children
below 5 years old are under-
weight. This validated a survey
by the Social Weather Station
in 2011 that estimated 4.5 mil-
lion amilies experiencing in-
voluntary hunger at least once
in the last quarter o that year.
Akap Bata nally reminded the
government that Hungry peo-
Peoples Caravan...(from page 3)ple are angry people. Flores
ended that Parents and child
advocates cannot just stand by
while their amilies and chil-
dren go hungry. Corporate
prot and government greed
cannot be more important than
the lives o our children and
amilies.
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3NEWS
A
kap Bata Party-List tells
PNoy, Stop Noynoying
over reports o rights
violations against children
Not at the expense o our chil-
dren. The Aquino administra-
tion must stop Noynoying over
rising slay cases and rights
abuses on children.
This has been the strong state-
ment o the child welare group,
Akap Bata Party-List today as
they air alarm over series o
news reports rom the mass me-
dia concerning rampant killings
and cruelties against Filipino
children. The group said that
the government o President
Benigno Simeon Aquino III
must treat such cases as a State
responsibility and social ob-
ligation instead o seeing it as
Akap Bata Airs Alarm Over Rising Casesof Violence Against Children
mere petty-crimes and regular
scene on daily news programs.
Akap Bata Party-List pointed-out that acts released by main-
stream media showing sharp in-
crease o rape-slay cases rom
2,587 (2001) to a record-high
4,016 (2011) and the Philip-
pine National Polices rape-slay
cases on February 2012 alone
that reached 17 incidents need
serious attention and resolu-
tion rom the government. They
stressed that President Aquino
must immediately do his home-
work and must not waste his
time doing nothing i he doesnt
want more children to be vic-
timized as days pass by.
The alarming rate and worsen-
ing child protection situation in
the Philippines clearly refects
the society we have and the u-
ture we want to pass-on to our
next generation. It urther man-
iests that our government lacksmeasures in deending and pro-
moting the rights o every Fili-
pino child, says Arlene Brosas,
national secretary-general o
Akap Bata Party-List.
She added, We challenge
PNoy to ully and strongly
implement existing child pro-
tection laws and policies like
Republic Act 7610 (Anti Child
Abuse Law), Republic Act
9262 (Anti-Violence against
Women and Children Law) and
others alike. What use are these
laws to children i they are not
implemented?
Akap Bata Party-List said that
i the State has clear child pro-
tection eorts then it must have
programs to train communities
and child carers, services or
children and greater subsidy orsocial services in the best inter
est o children. They added tha
i the State is able to address
and provide or the basic needs
o children and their amilies
like shelter, education, ood and
jobs or their parents, children
would be o the streets and less
prey to abuse, violence and kill-
ings.
We are not playing here. Presi-
dent Aquino must always bear
in mind that a single addition
to the growing number o death
and abuse cases o children
contributes vast social cost be
cause what we are losing here is
a lie and a productive orce o
the uture, ended Brosas.
Nothing left to feed our
children!
Child rights party-list Akap
Bata staged a Lugaw Protest
during the North Triangle ex-
pedition o the Peoples Cara-
van or Jobs, Homes and Social
Justice in Sitio San Roque in
Quezon City today. The group
gives rice porridge (lugaw)
to kids in the community as
orm o protest to the loom-
ing imposition o new rounds
o price hikes on oil products
this week, as announced by the
Energy Department. To date,
various commodities like sug-
ar, vegetable among others and
services like electricity raise
its prices due to increase o
uel charges.
Akap Bata Party-List Joins Peoples Caravan
for Jobs, Homes and Social JusticeThe group called the eight con-
secutive oil price hikes at the
onset o the year 2012 utter
greediness as they also criti-
cizes Aquino governments in-
action. The group said that The
road to tuwid na daan is clearly
expensive. This is because the
big oil companies, through the
help o its mouthpiece Aquino
government clearly choose
prot over ood.
Akap Bata Party-list Spokes-
person, Lean Peace Flores says,
While the prices o oil and ba-
sic commodities are skyrocket-
ing, the salary o our workorc-
es remains meager. I wonder
i the oil companies and even
the government ever wonder
or care how our parents, guard-
ians and child-carers will eed
the children? She added that
The way the Aquino admin
deend the price hikes, the an-
swer is obviously a clear and a
big no.
Akap Bata is alarmed by how
the constant oil price hikes a-
ect the prices o basic com-
modities like ood. The group
explained that when the oil
prices are high, the prices o
basic commodities will de-
nitely ollow. In the past ew
days, prices o vegetables have
skyrocketed due to increased
trucking ees.
A 2012 UNICEF study has
already exposed the dangers
o poverty and how it puts the
health condition o the children
at risk. The study said that this
is evident in the urban poor set-
ting. Flores agreed and said tha
For so long, Filipino amilies
cannot aord the nutritious
ood that their children needs
This will only worsen the health
condition o our children. Hun
ger incidences and malnutrition
gures among children wil
surely increase.
The number o underweigh
Filipino children rose over the
past years because o the ood
price spikes that reduced the
ability o poor Filipinos to buy
ood, according to the Food and
Nutrition Research Institute
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Maligayang pagbati sa mga opisyal at myembro ng Akap Bata at sa libu-libong mgaday care workers sa buong bansa!
Nais kong magpasalamat sa Akap Bata dahil naisusulong ang karapatan ng atingmga day care workers. Kayo ang naging tulay upang malaman ko at ng iba pangmga progresibong mambabatas ang kanilang kalagayan, nang sa gayon ay maitu-wid o mapaunlad ang batas at magkaroon sila ng kinatawan sa Kongreso.
Lubos ang aking paghanga sa mga day care workers. Sa kanila pinagkakatiwala,
ng mga magulang na katulad ko, ang pag-aaruga at pagtuturo sa mga batangkinabukasan ng ating bansa.
Kung tutuusin, ang kanilang responsibilidad at trabaho ay kasing bigat at maaar-ing higit pa nga sa ilang pagkakataon sa iba pang lingkod bayan. Ngunit hindisapat ang kanilang tinatanggap upang suportahan ang kanilang sariling pamilya.
Kaya naman sa tulong ng Akap Bata ay isinusulong natin ang House Bill (Panuka-lang Batas) 5852 o ang Magna Carta for Day Care Workers, na bunga ng konsulta-syon sa sektor. Hangarin ng panukalang batas na ito na maibigay ang nararapatna suporta para sa ating mga day care workers, kasama na rito ang regular napasahod, seguridad sa trabaho at mga benepisyo.
Panahon na upang mabigyan ng karampatang sahod, benepisyo at pasasalamatang ating mga dakilang day care workers. Sa pag-garantiya ng kanilang mgakarapatan ay mapapaunlad ang pagkalinga sa mga bata, para sa kinabukasannila at ng ating bansa.
Mabuhay kayo!
Pagpupugay sa AKAP BATA sa patuloy na pagpupunya-gi nito upang itaguyod ang karapatan at kagalinganng mga bata at bayan.
Nagagalak ang GABRIELA na ang AKAP BATA ay nag-
ing aktibong katuwang nito sa pagpaplaganap ng-kampanya laban sa karahasan sa kababaihan at bata.Simula ng maging isa sa mga mayor na convenor angAKAP BATA nang buuin ang MARIPOSA-isang networkna nagtataguyod upang wakasan ang Violence AgainstWomen and Children o (VAWC) noong nakaraaangnobyembre 25, 2011 sa selebrasyon ng InternationalDay for the elimination of violence against women o
IDEVAW, mahalaga at signipikanteng papel na angnagampanan ng akap bata sa kampanya.
Nitong buwan ng Pebrero hanggang Marso 8 sa paggunita sa pandaigdigang araw ng kababaihan, ibat
ibang aktibidad ang matagumpay na nailunsad ngGABRIELA sa pakikipagtulunagan at partisipasyon ngAKAP BATA.
Umani ng maraming suporta mula sa ibat ibang gurokawani, mag-aaral, at sa hanay ng admin ng TUPat sa La Consolacion College Pasig ang isinagawangPhoto-Video pledge to end VAWC , forum at petitionsigning laban sa child abuse. Sa mga aktibidad na itoiisa ang naging tugon ng mga napalahok: kailanganng sama-samang pagkilos, higit pang palawakin angkampanya! Hikayatin ang mga kaibigan, kapamilya a
katropa! END VAWC!
Higit pang pinatunayan ng AKPA BATA ang kanyangdedikasyon sa pagtataguyod ng interes ng mga bata atng buong bayan sa kanyang pagsanib sa malawak napanawagan ng kababaihan upang tutulan ang patuloyna pagtaas ng presyo ng langis at iba pang mga bilhinbilang pangunahing isyung ipinanawagan ng mga kababaihan sa selebrasyon ng araw ng mga kababaihanTumpak ang tindig ng AKAP BATA na habang patuloyna pinagsasamantalahan ang mga mamamayan lalona ang mayoryang manggagawa at magsasaka higina dadanas ng matinding kahirapan ang mga bata.
Congressman Teddy Acevedo
Casio represents a new
generation o Filipino leaders
young, principled, competent and
with a heart or the masses
A consistent voice agains
corruption and abuse, Teddy is
best known or upholding the
rights o the poor and
marginalized sectors as a three
term party list representative o
Bayan Muna
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5OPINION
Kapag may demolisyon, laging
kawawa ang mga bata. Katulad
ngayon, magkakaroon ng mala-
wakang paglilinis sa kahabaan
ng Tondo Foreshoreland. Pribado
na kasi ang pantalan; isa sa may-ari si Eduardo Danding Co-
juangco Jr., ang tiyuhin ng kasa-
lukuyang panguo ng bansa.
Sabi nila, kailangang muling pa-
gandahin at pasiglahin ang panta-
lan. Kaya, kailangang gibain ang
mga barung-barong at anumang
pandumi sa lugar na iyon ng
Tondo. Makikinabang nga ba
ang mga mamamayan sa pinaba-
go at pinagandang piyer? Ang
sagot, nakalulungkot na hindi.
Tanging ang may negosyo angmakikinabang dito.
Saklaw ng buong Tondo Fore-
shoreland ang mga lugar ng Pa-
rola, Road 10-Mabuhay, Baran-
gay 105 na saklaw ang Hapilan,
Gawad Kalinga (GK), Tempo-
rary Housing at Sitio Damayan/
Ang Bata at Ang DemolisyonJosephine Lumawod, Akap Bata Manila Coordinator
dumpsite area, Isla Puting Bato
at Baseco. Ang Piyer 2 hanggang
18 ang naging pinakakanlungan
ng mga maralitang taga-probinsi-
ya na nakipagsaparalan, sa pag-
aakalang mapagagaang ng lung-sod ang hirp nilang buhay, doon
sa kanayunan.
Sa kasalukuyan, nakatayo
pa rin ang mga komunidad
ng Hapilan, GK, Temporary
Housing, Sitio Damayan/
dumpsite area, Baseco at mag-
ing ng mga komunidad sa loob
ng piyer. Ang 28,000 pamilya,
o katumbas ng 100,000 katao
ang tumatahan ngayon sa mga
komunidad na nabanggit at
karamihan nga, gaya nangnabanggit na, ay mga nakip-
agsapalaran sa Maynila na
probinsiyanot probinsiyana,
biktima ng nagdaan nang mga
demolisyon sa kahabaan ng pi-
yer, at ang walang mga kakaya-
hang kumuha sa socialized
housing project ng gobyerno.
Hindi na bago ang demoli-
syon sa mga taga-piyer.
Nauna nang giniba ang kaba-
hayan ng 200 pamilya sa Pi-
yer 6 noong huling kuwarto
ng taong 2011. Dahil walanamang ibang mapuntahan,
gumawa ng temporaryong
masisilungan ang mga ape-
ktado sa Piyer 8.
Subalit, talaga nga yatang
inaalat, isang Notice to Va-
cate ang ibinungad ng Phil-
MAHAL ng Panginoong He-
sus ang mga bata (C. Mt 14:
19). Sabi nga Niya, walang
mapaghaharian ng Diyos kundi
yaong may mga damdamin,
pag-asa, at pagtitiwalang tulad
ng isang bata (C. Mk 10:15);
at ang sinumang magtutulak
sa mga bata na mapariwara at
gumawa ng masama, tiyak na
parurusahan ng Diyos sa oras
ng Paghuhukom (Mt 18: 2 6).
Subalit ang binasbasangmga bata ng Panginoong Hes-
us, nanganganib na mapariwara
dahil sa patuloy na pag-iral ng
karalitaan at kawalang-galang
sa kanilang mga karapatan.
Sa pinakahuling ulat ng Unit-
ed Nations Childrens Fund
(Unice), naging napakabi-
lis ng pagdausdos ng uri ng
pamumuhay ng mga bata sa
kalungsuran, bagay na naghah-
antad sa kanila sa panganib ng
At pinagpala Niya ang mga bataIsang pagmumuni-muni ni Noel Sales Barcelona*
Ano ang epekto ng mga demoli-
syon sa mga bata? Tumatatak sa
isipan nila ang karahasang bunga
ng demolisyon. Hirap ang ka
tawan nila sa paulit-ulit paglipa
ng matitirhan. Masaklap nitowalang kabuhayan sa paglilipa
tan sa kanila. Natural, kapag al-
ang pera, alang pagkain, alang
pang-eskwela, alang lahat.
Ngayon, sino ang makapagsa
sabing hindi makatuwiran na sila
ay lumaban?
kawalang-tirahan, sakit, gutom,
at pang-aabuso.
Sa Pilipinas, dumarami
ang kabataang nasasadlak sa
prostitusyon (60,000 hanggang
100,000 bata ang ipinupuslit
t a u n - t a o n
para gawing
mga parau-
san) at su-
masabak sa
napakahi -
rap at de-l i k a d o n g
mga tra-
baho, para
l a m a n g
m a b u h a y
(2.4 milyon ang mga batang
manggagawa sa Pilipinas
noong nakaraang taon). Duma-
rami rin ang sanggol sa sinapu-
punan ang hindi na nabibigy-
ang karapatan na isilang at
magkapangalan dahil pinapatay
na sila ng kanilang mga ina
(800,000 aborsiyon taun-taon).
Lahat ng ito dahil sa kahirapan
at kawalang pag-asa sa buhay.
Sabi nga Mohandas K. Gandhi,
Ang kahirapan ang pinakama-
lalang uri ng
karahasan.
Bu-
kod sa kara-
hasan ng
kahi rapan ,
d i n a r a h a sdin ang mga
bata ng mili-
tarisasyon at
kalamidad.
Marami ang
nagsisiksikan at nagkakasakit
sa evacuation centers na nag-
ing tahanan na nila sa loob ng
mahaba-haba na ring panahon.
Habang nagpapatuloy ang kara-
hasan at ang sakunang dulot ng
pag-abuso sa kalikasan, patuloy
na nasasadlak ang mga bata sa
kahabag-habag na kalagayan a
patuloy silang napagkakaitan
ng paglagong pisikal, menta
at espirituwal. Batid naman
siguro natin na ang pananam
palatayang walang kalakip na
mabubuting gawang nasasala
lay sa hustisya sosyal ay sam
palatayang patay? (C. Mic 6:8
Jas. 2: 26)
_________________* Si Noel ay korespondent ng Cath-
olic Bishops Conerence o the
Philippines News Service at nagsu
sulat sa pahayagang PINAS Glob
al Newspaper. Kasalukuyan siyang
nag-aaral ng batayang kurso sa
Bibliya ng Catholic Home Study
Service sa U.S. at magsisimula sa
kanyang kursong B.A. in Theol
ogy major in Christian Apologetics
sa Trinity School o Theology and
Apologetics na nakabase sa ban
sang India.
ippine Ports Authority sa kanila
noong Pebrero 20, 2012. Labinli-
mang (15) araw lang ang ibinigay
na palugit ng PPA sa mga resi-
dente para makahanap ng bagong
matitirhan.
Palalaparin ang kalsada papun-
tang piyer at para magawa ito,
kailangang palayasin ang 400
indibiduwal sa Road 10. Saman-
tala, natapos na rin ang census-
tagging sa komunidad ng Sitio
Damayan/dumpsite area.
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Sa loob ng isang araw ay may bentekwatro oras ngunit para sa ating maymga adbokasiya, tila baga kulang angmga oras na ito para gampanan lahatng ating gawain.
Talaga nga namang napakabilis ng pa-nahon. Sa unang kwarto ng taong ito,marami ang nangyari, nagbago at maymga panimulang tagumpay din tayongnakamit. Para sa National Secretariatng Akap Bata Party-list (ABPL), naihanayna ang mga coordinator sa buong NCR,nagkaroon tayo ng bagong opisina saCubao, nakiisa tayo sa laban para sapaninirahan at nagpasimula tayo ngkampanya para sa mga Day Care Work-ers (DCW).
Nuong Enero, nakiisa tayo sa laban sapaninirahan ng mga maralita. Nanini-wala tayo na ang pamayanan at angtahanan ay esensya sa pagkakalinga ngbatang Pilipino. Nitong Pebrero namanay nagsimula rin ang ating kampanya
Mensahe Mula saSecretary General
Nagpapasalamat tayo samga sumusunod na organ-isasyon/indibidwal na na-kasalamuha namin sa pag-
dalaw sa mga sumusunod naprobinsya:
Baguio - Bishop Carlito Cen-zon, Fr. Paul Basilio, DZWTReporter - Nick Calinao, May-or Mauricio Domogan, Coun-cilor Betty TabandaMs. ConieLabon- President Baguio DayCare Workers Federation,Vice President North Luzon(CAR)Day Care Workers Fed-eration, Fr. William-PacdalParish Priest
Itogon, Benguet - Mayor Os-car Camantilles, Grace O.Pocsol-MSWD, Flordeliza G.Diase- Community Affairs
Asst. Municipal Tourism Ac-tion Center
Cabugao Mayor Eddie BoyCobangbang
Bulacan - Vice Gov. DanielFernando, Rowena WhengTiongson-PSWDO
Meycauayan,Teacher MaryAnne, Kagawad Nelia San-cho, Msgr. Jose Antonio S.Galvez-Parish priest Immac-
Si Arlene D. Brosas ay kilalang
child rights advocate. Siya ay nag
ing E xecutive Director ng Akap sa
Bata ng Guro Kalinga Inc. nuong
taong 2008 - 2009 at 2009 - 2010
Naging tagapagsalita din sya ng An
ti-Child Pornography Alliance kung
saan matagumpay nitong naipasang
batas ang Anti Child Pornography
Bill nuong 2009. Sa kasalukuyan
sangkot si Arlene sa mas kompre
hensibong kilusan sa pagsusulong
ng kagalingan at karapatan ng mga
bata bilang Secretary General ng
Akap Bata Party-list
ulate Conception, Ms.IreneTaguinod-St. Paul UniversityExtension
Rizal - Gov. Casimiro Ynares,Russell Guiller C. Ynares-Provincial Administrator,Monet Martin- ECCD OfficerProvincial
Naga - Oscar ArcillaPili - Raquel Manjares c/oemsDaet - Bishop Gilbert A. Gar-ceraLegaspi - Bishop Joel Z. Bay-lon, Brenda Locsin, Mariamarlene guiuan-manaya-
cswdo, Elenor P. Homo- asstcswdoMasbate - Mary Jane Dalanon-nurse, Cinky Valencia
architect, Fr. Leo casas-SACdirector, Vice chair RegionaDevelopment Council, AileneCaritas Masbate, MayorSocrates Tuason, Edna Aribon Jazul- cswdo pasirunganCatanduanes - Kag. JuanVELCHEZ, Kag. Joy CabreraPBM/Kag. Lemuel P. SurtidaBony R. Sodela, Catandauanes President of ProvinciaDay Care Worker MaureenBrizu
sa DCW. Inulunsad din ang Grad FeeMonitor 2012 sa bwan na ito. Sa kasa-lukuyan ang mga reklamo at/o reportna nakalap natin ay nasa Departmentof Education na. Pebrero rin tayo nag-simulang maimbitahan sa mga pagpu-
pulong, forum at iba pang pagtitipon saibat ibang probinsya. Ngayong Marsonaman ay nakiisa tayo sa panawagansa pagbabasura ng Oil DeregulationLaw. Naniniwala ang ABPL na ang seryeng pagtaas ng langis at bilihin ay maka-kaapekto sa pangkalusugang aspeto ngmga bata. Ano na lamang ang ipapak-ain natin sa mga batang Pilipino?
Sa katapusan ng Marso hanggang un-ang linggo ng Abril, marami sa atingmga Day Care Centers ay magkakaroon
ng Moving Up ceremonies. May ga-ganapin ding City-wide formation angABPL-Caloocan at Secretariat Buildingnaman sa ABPL-Pasay. Inaabangan dinnatin ang Art Camp sa April 13 - 15 saPrado Verde sa Caloocan. Higit sa lahat,
ubos lakas tayong naghahanda para sa National Convention sa April 21.
Marami tayong nakasalamuhang mga bagong kasama, kaibigan at mga taga-suporta sa pagsusulong ngkarapatan at kagalingan ng mga bata. Bukod sa pa
glalatag ng kampanya sa isyung pambata sa MetroManila, nakarating at lumawak po ang ating kampanya hanggang sa Ilocos Sur, Baguio, Benguet, Bicol aBulacan. Nakatulong ng malaki sa maraming paraaanang ibat ibang kapatid natin sa Simbahan, ibat ibangpederasyon ng DCW, mga Local Government Units apati na rin mga Peoples Organization (PO).
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7LITERARY
bata ka pa.
bakas sa iyong mukhaang kawalang-malay,
ang kamusmusan,ang kabataan mong
pilit inaagawng lipunang
kailanmay hindisa iyo mangangalaga.
bata ka pa.musmos pang maituturing
ang iyong kamalayan.tulad ng antas ng pag-iisip
nilang nang-aapisa iyong pamilya
at bayan.
bata ka pa.
hindi mo pa batid marahilang mga mali sa lipunan.mga maling pinapalabas na tama
nilang mgaganid at gahaman.
bata ka pa,
ngunit hindi ang pag-unawa mosa katotohanang tumatambad
sa mura mong isipan.alam kong hindi kailangang
maging matanda
upang tandaan ang realidadna direkta kang kasangkot
at kabilang.
bata ka papero hindi ka hiwalay
sa kanilang nakatatandangnaghahangad ng pagbabago.
hindi ka kailanman maliligtassa pang-aapi,
sa pagsasamantala,sa abuso
nilang panginoonglokal at dayo.
bata ka pa,ngunit kasangkot ka na.
karugtong ka
sa bawat impit na daingng iyong lipunangsinikilan ng kalayaan.ng iyong pamilyang
ninakawan ng lupat kabuhayan.ng iyong inat amang inagawan
ng mga makapangyarihan.
bata ka pa.tulad ng patutunguhan ng bayan
mo
matapos ang kasalukuyannitong pakikipaglaban
ang matandang lipunang ito,
ang kaayusang kinamulatangpuno ng inhustisyat paghihirap
ay tiyak magluluwal ng bago.
bata ka pa.
kayat sigurado mong aabutanang nalalapit
na tagumpay ng pakikibaka
pakikibakang magsisilang ngsupling
na hindi wangisng lipunan mo ngayon
at kahapon.
tiyak ito
na kahit bagong karanasaymangangalaga sa iyo
at sa susunod na salinlahi.mula sa sinapupunan ng pagla-
ban,ipapamana sa araw ng tagumpay
ang mas mainam na mundopara sa mga mga batang
katulad mong pinagkaitan,para sa sambayanan,
para sa sangkatauhan.
Sa Sinapupunan ng PakikibakaChristian Yamzon, Media Ofcer Akap Bata
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Hanggang kailanKita matatagpuan
Sa lansanganSa sasakyan
Maghapon at magdamagNamamalimos
Para sa munting baryaPanandaliang lunas
Sa malaong kagutuman
Hanggang kailan mo
Papasanin ang kahirapan?Mamulot ng basura
Gutay gutay na damitPagal at lantad na katawan
Sinipsip ng sementoSa ilalim ng tulay
Sa kalyeDinadaanan ng marami
Katabi ang yong mga kalakal
Hanggang kailan
papagurin ang iyong isipNa mangarap
Ng Pagkain
DamitBubong na masilungan
GamotMakapag-aral
Desenteng pamumuhayNg malasakit
Ng init ng pagmamahal
Hanggang kailan papatakAng aking mga luha
At humagulgolSa pait na iyong sinapit?
MainisMagalit
Sa pamahalaangMakasarili
PabayaBakal
At ganid
Hanggat paladMoy nakabuka
Mga matay
NamumugtoKataway
Tuluyang mabuwalAt bumagsakSa lansangan
Patuloy ko kayongMaging inspirasyon
Paghuhugutan ng lakas
Sa pag-aambagNg pakilos
Na magbibigay ng pag-asa
Tungo sa maningningMong bukas
Kayong aking mahalNa paslit sa lansangan.
PaslitKa Elmo, Migrante Austria
Editorial Staff
Jo Anne Anastacio
Danica Casllo
Neshreen Kingking
Carol TanghalChrisan Yamzon
Contributing Writers
Noel Sales Barcelona
Josephine Lumawod
Contributing Photographers
Andrew Del Casllo
Noel Celis
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