TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will review and assess the impact of various interventions that it has provided to child laborers and their parents.

Guesting on the radio program Sayron Ta!  PAKIGSAYOD: Serbisyo Alang sa Katawhang Pilipino, Child Labor Prevention and Elimination Program coordinator Dave Andrie Villegas of DOLE Davao del Norte field office said DOLE is set to stop profiling child laborers for the meantime.

“Tan-awon nato unsa ang impact sa atong different intervention programs nga gipanghatag sa  pipila ka mga tuig,”  he said.

(We’d have to see the impact of the different intervention programs we have provided over several years.)

DOLE Davao del Norte started profiling the child laborers in the province in 2018, and Villegas said that the latest report on profiled child labor cases reached 1,037 in 2023.

DOLE Davao del Norte last year poured P2 million in livelihood packages for parents of profiled child laborers residing in the four priority barangays: Alejal and Magsaysay in the Municipality of Carmen; and San Miguel and Salvacion in the Municipality of Sto. Tomas.

“Naa ta karon 285  ka mga child laborers nga gi-focus  nato ma-checked nato kung unsa ang impact sa atong mga intervention programs,” he said. 

(We now have 285 child laborers that we’ve focused on to check the impact of our intervention programs.)