The document provides updates on Project ABK2 as of September 2011. It summarizes the total number of children assisted by the project, broken down by province, gender, education level, and cohort. It also provides details on the number of children in the sugarcane sector assisted by the project. Metrics are presented on the number of children prevented from hazardous work, withdrawn from exploitive work, and still in progress. The document outlines the project's outputs related to awareness raising, access to education, strengthening target institutions, and economic opportunities for families.

1. Project updates as of September 2011

3. Province Female Male Total Bulacan 460 519 979 Camarines Norte 1,898 1,835 3,733 Cebu 1,452 1,557 3,009 Compostela Valley 425 370 795 Davao city 536 454 990 Davao Del Sur 1,054 1,113 2,167 Iloilo 1,717 1,684 3,401 Leyte 1,609 1,466 3,075 Metro Manila 1,071 887 1,958 Negros Oriental 3,635 3,040 6,675 Negros Occidental 2,098 2,103 4,201 Total 15,955 15,028 30,983

7. Percentage distribution ABK2 assisted children by Sector and Category

8. Total number of ABK2 assisted children reported as Withdrawn, Prevented and “In Progress”* * “In Progress” refers to those assisted children that were identified as “still engaged” in WFCL and are not yet verified as fully withdrawn from hazardous work. Of the 30,893 assisted children, 44% have been prevented from hazardous work. Moreover, 44% have already withdrawn from exploitive work while the remaining 12% are In Progress. Of the 17,404 assisted children whom category were verified as engaged in WFCL, 3,812 or 22% were reported as still engaged in hazardous work.

9. Percentage distribution of 3,812 ‘In Progress’ children by associates

10. Total number of ABK2 assisted children by Cohort Out of the current children beneficiaries of ABK2 7,414 or 24% were supported in year 1, another 14,327 or 46% in year 2 and the remaining 9,242 (30%) were assisted in year 3.

11. ABK2 target vs. actual number of children beneficiaries As of September 2011, ABK2 has already assisted a total of 30,983 children in 9 provinces and Metro Manila. It has exceeded 2% or 583 of the total target.

13. The project has assisted a total of 13,833 (45% of grand total) children in sugarcane sector in 6 out of 9 covered provinces

15. Province Prevented Withdrawn In Progress Total Compostela Valley 1 3 4 Davao Del Sur 1,158 394 220 1,772 Iloilo 357 902 98 1,357 Leyte 1,116 683 61 1,860 Negros Oriental 2,525 2,806 927 6,258 Negros Occidental 747 1,586 249 2,582 Grand Total 5,904 6,374 1,555 13,833

17. Output 1: Improved Awareness on Child Labor and Attitude towards Education 1.1 Percentage of parents in targeted communities that exhibit minimum level of awareness on the difference between acceptable child work and exploitive child labor. 1.2 Percentage of children in targeted communities that exhibit minimum level of awareness on the difference between acceptable child work and exploitive child labor 1.3 Percentage of parents in target communities with mostly positive attitude towards education 1.4 Percentage of children in target communities with mostly positive attitude towards education

19. Output 2 : Improved Access to quality and relevant Education 21. Percentage of target brgys. with catch-up programs or educational support programs and services 2.2 Number of children enrolled in some form of educational program (formal, ALS, voc/tech) 2.3 Number of schools utilizing improved infrastructure and learning facilities 2.4 Percentage of schools utilizing supplemental learning materials 2.5 Percentage of target schools that report use of lesson plans relevant to the needs of child laborers

20. Output 3 : Strengthened Target Institutions 3.1 Percentage of municipalities/cities with functional Child Labor Education Task Forces (CLETFs) 3.2 Percentage of CLETFs that are represented in parallel or higher level structures 3.3 Percentage of target barangays that have plans or policies on child labor education 3.4 Percentage of target municipalities/cities that have policies or programs on child labor education 3.5 Percentage of barangays that have existing barangay children’s associations (BCAs) 3.6 Percentage of BCAs that are represented in higher level structures

21. 3.7 Percentage of barangays with functional CWGs 3.8 Percentage of CWGs represented in higher level structures 3.9 Percentage of PTCAs active in child labor education awareness raising activities in their communities 3.10 Target municipalities/cities with working youth aged 15-17 provided with OSH programs or services 4.1 Number of target families organized and availing economic programs 4.2 Target municipalities and cities with public-private partnerships for economic programs benefiting target families Output 3 : Continued... Output 4: Economic Opportunities for ABK2 target families