Child Protection Rapid Assesment results bared

TAKING the lead of the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 11 recently presented results of the Child Protection Rapid Assessment (Cipra) conducted in selected municipalities and provinces affected by Typhoon Pablo.

In the opening ceremony before the presentation proper, Director Priscilla N. Razon explained that the assessment aimed to help gauge the impact of Typhoon Pablo especially on children, identify gaps and provide baseline to measure the progress specifically of child protection responses.

Razon acknowledged the support of the international humanitarian agencies and the non-government organizations (NGOs) which partnered with DSWD in addressing the impact of the typhoon.

“There are still a lot of challenges to face and the rapid assessment initiative is a welcome action as the ravage of Typhoon Pablo brought great changes on lives of children,” she said.

Among DSWD’s partners in the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) are the United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) and the Save the Children.

The rapid assessment was conducted in 84 sites, 52 of which were in Region 11 or the Davao Region while 32 were in Caraga Region, generating the needed data from a total of 488 key informants described as adults who could provide information or opinion about child protection issues as specified in the tools used in the study.(