MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur--World Vision Philippine has recognized the efforts of its partners in supporting the Urban Child Protection Project (UCPP) in a ceremony held at Amai Pakpak Central Elementary School here on Tuesday, January 25.
Officials and representatives from Marawi City Schools Division, City Government of Marawi, City Health Office, Technical Education and Skills Development Lanao del Sur Provincial Office, Task Force Bangon Marawi, Philippine Information Agency, barangay leaders, and schools partners received a plaque of recognition during the said event.
Program Manager Liza Branal said the event is World Vision's way of thanking its partners for their support and cooperation in making the project a success.
"Kapag walang partnership na nangyari, walang talagang success ang isang project [When there is no partnership, a project would not be successful]. Despite the challenges we encountered, God allows our project to be successful. It has been a very productive one and a half year," she said.
Emphasizing how the impact of a project is multiplied when everyone is working together, Branal urged World Vision's partners in Marawi to continue their unity and solidarity for the city to prosper.
The UCPP aims to strengthen child protection mechanisms in schools and the community. Under this, schools kits were provided to more than 1,000 learners from five identified schools in the city. Handwashing facilities and school playgrounds were also turned over to these educational institutions. Medical supplies and equipment were likewise provided to the City Health Office and the five barangays where these schools are located.
City Schools Division Superintendent Anna Zenaida Unte-Alonto expresses her gratitude to World Vision for helping them since the start of the Marawi siege and giving their teachers and children a chance to engage. (Micheal John Paclar/PIA Lanao del Sur)
The UCPP also included mental health and psychosocial support services to internally displaced persons in partnership with the Marawi City Schools Division.
City Schools Division Superintendent Anna Zenaida Unte-Alonto thanked World Vision for aiding them since the start of the Marawi siege and giving their teachers and children a chance to engage.
"You have given back our confidence, our strength to finally stand up from what had happened," she said as she described the UCPP as a holistic project which covers psychosocial first aid to disaster risk mitigation.
Unte also hopes that other schools under the Division will also be chosen by World Vision as recipients for future projects and that the organization would stay until their last learner in Marawi is transitioned to a normal school. (APB/PIA Lanao del Sur)
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