CABANATUAN CITY - Mothers in Nueva Ecija who are forced to leave their children for work have found relief with the formation of a care-giving program that provides day-care services to breastfeeding.
Maria Victoria Carlos, former regional training officer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and acting chief of the Provincial Early Childhood Care and Development Office, said the nursing mothers who provide breastfeeding services were “properly screened and trained” for the job.
The PECCDO has created a center at the back of the old Capitol along Burgos Street, Cabanatuan City, where at least some 10 nursing mothers, along with 16 trained caregivers, attend to children of working mothers from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Carlos expressed hope the system that is aimed at “optimum growth and developments of infants” could be replicated in other areas. The program, she explained, also ensures that the nursing mothers’ own children are not deprived of proper care. Each breastfeeding mother receives P250 worth of food items that includes five kilograms of rice and canned goods.
The center that started operations on October 23 is a special project set up by Gov. Tomas N. Joson 3rd to provide assistance to working mothers who are forced to leave their children to untrained caregivers. -Armand M. Galang
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
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