Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Program

1. Municipality of Bato, Catanduanes
Department of Social Welfare and Development
Name of BuB Project:
Partner NGA:
Recipient LGU:
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2. Bato is one of the eleven ( 11 ) municipalities of
the island province of Catanduanes. It is a fifth
class municipality, located east of Virac – the
capital town of the province. It is the smallest
municipality comprising 3.23 % of the total land
area of Catanduanes. Bato is composed of 27
barangays. It has a total population of 18,937 in
4,062 households, as per September 2014 CBMS
survey .
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3. Bato Church Bato River
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4. The project is funded through the DSWD
amounting to P850,000.00. LGU Bato is the
implementing agency. All day care centers
including the Child Minding Centers were provided
with big story books and different toys comprising
of musical instruments, puzzles, blocks, and
gardening toys.
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5. Big Story Books
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6. Different toys comprising of musical instruments, puzzles,
color and shape sorter, and gardening and carpentry tools
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The project also include IT instructional materials such as laptop, LCD
projector and speakers. These equipment are important tools during
trainings of day care workers for capability building.

8. Ms. Sharina San Ramon,
Federated Day Care Worker of
Bato and also the Day Care
Worker of Sunshine Day Care
Center at Salvacion St., Brgy.
Ilawod Poblacion said that the
children appreciate big books
with big drawings. They can
easily relate to the stories and
are eager to listen rather than
the usual small books. LGU
fund is not enough to provide
those materials.
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9. Natania Karen Romero, 3 years old, and the rest of the Day
Care children loved the puzzle games. Natania said puzzle
game is new to her, they are of different colors.
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10. One of the parents of
the pupil, Mrs.
Jocelyn C. Timajo
shared that before
they used old toys or
would ask used toys
from donors to give
to day care children.
Now because of the
toys provided by the
project, the children can easily identify shapes and colors.
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11. At Marinawa Day
Care Center, children
play toys before the
start of classes while
waiting for other
children to come.
Ms. Josephine
Turtoga, the Day
Care Worker, shared
that, before, they don’t have toys for children.
Sometimes, parents would bring toys, but after classes
they would bring it back home.
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12. Now, at least the toys and books are owned by the
school and every year children can use them. They
are very important in developing intellectual and
cognitive skills of children.
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13. To achieve sustainability of quality services to day care children,
consultation dialogue w/ Day Care Parents Committee and Capacity
Building for Child Development Workers are conducted regularly.
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14. Turn-over ceremony of the ECCD Learning Materials
to 24 Day Care Centers
Vice Mayor Joselito Alberto,
Municipal Mayor Juan Rodulfo
and DSWD Assistant Regional
Director Arwin Razo at the
simple awarding ceremony
held at Bato Municipal
Building last June 2, 2015.
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15. Turn-over ceremony of the ECCD Learning Materials
to 24 Day Care Centers
One of the Punong
Barangays and Day Care
Worker as they received
the ECCD materials for
their respective Day Care
Centers.
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16. All departments of the municipal government
are very supportive to the BuB projects. They always
assure the on-time submission of required documents
in every project. Civil Society Organizations are likewise
active in attending meetings conducted by the LPRAT
and other local special bodies. They also help in
monitoring projects.
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17. LGU Bato is not just good in implementation of
projects, it also passed the GOLD SEAL OF GOOD LOCAL
GOVERNANCE (SGLG).
In active implementation of various programs
directed towards the development and welfare of
children, Bato was also awarded as a CHILD-FRIENDLY
MUNICIPALITY in the year 2014.
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