CHILDREN

• Child


  A person below the age of 18, unless the relevant laws recognize an earlier age of majority
• Child


  An offspring, usually a young human, who is dependent on adults (typically present as a guardian) for care, protection, and guidance
• Childhood


  Extends from one or two until the onset of adolescence at age 12 or 13
• In 2015, 31.4% of children are living below the basic needs of poverty line nationally in the Philippines
• As of 2015, 83.4% (primary) and 73.9% (secondary) of enrolled children actually completed their schooling in the Philippines
• Around 2.85 million children aged 5-15 years were estimated to be out of school in the Philippines
• Street children


  1.) A child who does not have a home and who often sleeps outside in a city, 2.) Most street children are between 6 and 17 years old and work to supplement family income. Forced onto the streets because of economic difficulties, they become involved in cleaning cars, peddling, prostitution and, to a lesser extent, drug dealing.
• In 2022, there were more than 246,000 street children in the Philippines
• Difficulties faced by street children


  • Lack of good sources of food
  • Lack of clean drinking water
  • Lack of health care services
  • Lack of toilets and bath facilities
  • Lack of adequate shelter
• Childhope Philippines


  Has an all-inclusive street education program in Metro Manila that provides for basic but urgent needs to support and ensure the continuous and holistic learning and development of its street children participants
• Child Protection Act


  RA 7610 also known as the "Special Protection of Children against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act"
• Child in Conflict with the Law (CICL)


  A person who has not attained their eighteenth birthday and commits an act that would be considered a crime if they were an adult
• Instead of using the word "juvenile", Philippine laws made use of the word "child"
• Child in Conflict with the Law (CICL)


  A child who is alleged as, accused of, or adjudged as, having committed an offence under Philippine laws
• Offences which only apply to a child and not to adults are called "Status Offences" and shall not be considered as offences and shall not be punished if committed by a child
• Before R.A. No. 9344 was enacted, children at risk and CICL were treated much like adult offenders
• R.A. No. 9344 otherwise known as "Juvenile Justice and Welfare (JJW) Act" was signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on 28 April 2006
• The number of children involved in the drug business has been growing in the Philippines
• RA 7624 - Drug Education


  AN ACT INTEGRATING DRUG PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN THE INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY CURRICULA AS WELL AS IN THE NON FORMAL, INFORMAL AND INDIGENOUS LEARNING SYSTEMS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
• RA 9165 - Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002


  It is the policy of the State to safeguard the integrity of its territory and the well-being of its citizenry, particularly the youth, from the harmful effects of dangerous drugs on their physical and mental well-being, and to defend the same against acts or omissions detrimental to their development and preservation
• Other organizations for children


  • Save the Children
  • Child Rights Connect
  • Defence for Children International
  • UNICEF
  • Plan International
  • Right To Play
  • Child Helpline International
  • World Vision
  • Amnesty International
  • Child Watch
  • ECPAT International
  • Education Network
  • Opportunity International
  • WE Charity
  • Child rights International Network
  • Child Fund
  • Canadian Centre for Child Protection
  • Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc
  • Child Rights movement
  • Human rights
  • Human rights Foundation
• Child welfare


  This field is concerned with the well-being of children and youth through the provision of programs and services for their physical, social, psychological, spiritual, and cultural development
• Children who need protection


  • Children against conditions that exploit or violate their rights as human beings or prevent them from enjoying their right to survival and development
  • Neglected, abandoned, destitute, or orphaned children
  • Children with physical and other forms of disabilities
  • Children in especially difficult circumstances including children in exploitative and hazardous labor, street children
  • Children trapped in substance/drug abuse
  • Physically and sexually abused children
  • Children in situations of armed conflict or displaced due to natural disasters
  • Children in indigenous cultural communities
  • Children with parents diagnosed as HIV positive
  • Detained and convicted youthful offenders
• Types of child welfare services


  • Direct service: Assistance to children in their own homes, Child placement through residential in an institution, foster care, or adoption
  • Indirect service: Financing on national or international level, Coordinates to facilitate linkages and avoid duplication among others with similar or related services