Finds from the Trash Bin

I was rummaging through re-usable papers in the office paper drawer and thought I’d read through the contents. I thought it was already my peek into the knowledge resources of the organization.

Here were a few things I thought I ought to take note (They’re mostly “historical” notes – stuff you put on a timeline):

Makati City’s Council for the Protection of Children, whose member agencies include the Makati Social Welfare Department and the Liga ng mga Barangay (Leauge of Barangays), scheduled a Training/ Workshop for Members of the Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC) on August 2-4, 2004 and August 5-7, 2004.

Contents of the training/ Workshop were:
CRC, Child 21 and ECCD Child Friendly Movement
The Four Gifts for Children
BCPC Workshop: Program/ Project Identification (Barangay Development Plan for Children)
Reporting and Handling Child Abuse Cases (vis-à-vis Katarungang Pambarangay)
Monitoring and Evaluation


AKAP-BATA, Inc., and Caritas – Manila sponsored a colloquium with the theme: The Filipino Children Amid Economic Crisis: Drafting a Legislative Agenda for Effective and Efficient Laws for Children in Difficult Circumstances on September 29, 2004, as part of the Children’s Month Celebration.

ECDP Researches

Covenanted Studies

ADB Funded: Support to Program Innovation and Policy Development

1.Baseline Survey and Data Generation on Nutritional Status, Psychosocial Development, and Care of 0-6 Year-old Children in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Provinces (FNRI-DOST, September 2002)
2.Cost-effectiveness Of Deworming And Weekly Iron Supplementation In The Reduction Of Anemia Among Preschoolers: A Field Test (NCP, May 2003)
3.School Readiness of 5 ½-6 ½ Year Old Children in Various Socio – Economic Environments (Save the Children-US, October 2003)
4.Efficacy of Pandesal Baked From Wheat Flour Fortified with Iron and Vitamin A in Improving the Iron Status of Anemic Elementary School Children (Nutrition Center of the Philippines, January 2005)

WB Funded: Benefit Monitoring and Evaluation

1.Survey Of Indigenous Peoples’ Access To And Utilization Of ECD Services in Regions VI, VII, and XII (Southern Philippine Research and Extension Foundation, Inc. (SOPREX) - MSU - Iligan Institute of Technology , March 2002)
2.A Study of the Effects of Early Childhood Interventions on Children’s Physiological, Cognitive, and Social Development : Baseline Indicators Study (Office of Population Studies-University of San Carlos, July 2003)
3.A Study of the Effects of Early Childhood Interventions on Children’s Physiological, Cognitive and Social Development: Results Of The Longitudinal Evaluation Study (Office of Population Studies-University of San Carlos, July 2005)
4.A Study of the Effects of Early Childhood Interventions on Children’s Physiological, Cognitive, and Social Development: Endline Indicators Survey (UP Los Banos Foundation)


Other Studies Done

ADB Funded: Support to Program Innovation and Policy Development

1.Correlation Analysis of Children’s Nutritional Status, Dietary Intake and Psychosocial Development, and Pregnant and Lactating Mothers’ Dietary Intake in the ECD and Non-ECD Areas (FNRI – DOST, March 2005)

2.Sixth National Nutrition Survey: Philippines, 2003 - National Food Consumption Survey (FNRI – DOST, May 2005)

3.Effects of Iodized Salt on the Quality of Selected Processed Food Products (FNRI-DOST, August 2005)

Other Studies
4. Methods of Early Detection and Intervention of Children with Special Needs
5. Cost Effectiveness Study of ECD Interventions and Services of the Child Development Worker (CDW), Rural Health Midwife (RHM), Day Care Worker (DCW), Day Care Mother (DCM), and the Early Childhood Enrichment Packages
6. Evaluation of the Continuum and Best Practices of Project Educational Activities: Case Studies of Selected ECD Sites; and
7. Perceptions of Filipino Fathers and Mothers on Parenting Roles and Practices
Note: These studies are currently in their final stages of completion

Un-Leaked

It turns out... I could not readily post my work outputs. I have been advised that if I do that without the clearance of my supervisors, I might end up getting sacked. Although, I remarked, I probably do not care. I reasoned that these are information that need to get into the hands of people anyway... and if you wait ten years for clearances to happen - the information ends up as historical data, in the irrelevant sense.

Draft and Partial Consolidated Findings of the Philippines ECDP Researches

I was trying to consolidate the findings of 14 researches conducted under the Research and Development component of the Philippines' Early Childhood Development Project (ECDP) which should have concluded last November 30, 2005, but some tasks such as policy analysis have been left behind. The Endline Survey, which, if done right, could provide good material for the project's evaluation is currently being conducted. It is expected to be completed this February.

I was supposed to post the consolidated findings but I'm having trouble posting. Will try to have it available soon.

"Each of us has the opportunity to demonstrate leadership as we go about the everyday business of our lives by taking the extra moment to ask: 'How does this decision, this choice, affect the lives of children.'?" - Carol Bellamy, UNICEF Executive Director