Strategic Helpdesks for Information, Education Livelihood, and other Developmental Interventions (SHIELD)
A project that aims to withdraw children from the worst forms of child labor through the provision of holistic and immediate interventions at the community level. This project was developed to comply with RA 9231, and contribute to the removal of one (1) million children from child labor by 2025 as committed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Philippine Program against Child Labor (PPACL)
OBJECTIVES
The project helps to eliminate child labor, particularly its worst forms and those in the blanket ban (below 15 years old).
- Identify child laborers in the community and ensure evidence-based case management through an operational Child Labor Local Registry (CLLR) System
- Improve access of child laborers and their families to appropriate services
- Increase awareness and capacities of child laborers, their families and duty-bearers in addressing child labor
COMPONENTS
- Child Labor Local Registry (CLLR)
- Barangay Helpdesk on Child Labor
- Organizing, Advocacy, and Capability Building
RESULTS
- Withdrawal of 407 children from child labor
- Established 15 functional community helpdesks in the pilot LGUs
- Organized 7 child laborer groups namely:
1) Children Against Child Laborers Organization,
2) Samahan ng mga Kabataan Kontra Child Labor (SKKCL),
3) Kabataang Kalasag ng Tawig (KKT),
4) SHIELD Kids (SK),
5) Samahan ng Batang Malaya sa Dalas (SBMD),
6) Samahan ng Batang MALAYA Kontra Child Labor and
7) Barangay Children Association of Sumangga - Ormoc, Leyte
