PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — The provincial government of Palawan is taking the initiative to form a federation of parents of persons with disabilities (PWDs) to make them partners in strengthening the provision of basic services for them.
Helen Bundal, population program officer of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), said Sunday that the group will be called Federation of Parents of Children with Disabilities (FPCD).
Establishing the group was a result of the recently concluded meeting called by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Mimaropa in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, she said.
“The main purpose of creating the FPCD in the province is part of the DSWD’s target to scale up the delivery of basic social services to individuals with disabilities through their parents who are their voices,” she said.
Information, support, and assistance to parents of children with disabilities, their professional partners and their communities, can be given through the federation.
Bundal said members of the federation will be trained to be partners of the provincial government in the implementation of various programs for the PWDs in their localities such as livelihood support and educational assistance for those who want to study. (Celeste Anna Formoso/PNA)
