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ILOILO CITY -- Issues affecting persons with disabilities (PWDs) will be tackled during the one-day regional congress for PWD slated on Tuesday here in Iloilo.

Judith Tanate, Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 6 (DSWD-6) focal person for persons with disabilities and senior citizens, said the congress will tackle the rights and privileges and other concerns of PWDs in Western Visayas.

She added that compliance of local government units (LGUs) in the region to Republic Act No. 7277 or the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, skills and livelihood training for PWDs, budget allocation for PWD programs and health benefits, and status of employment opportunities for PWDs will also be discussed.

“It is always our aim to further improve our services to our persons with disabilities. The congress will be a very good venue to tackle all the issues concerning them, as well as providing solutions and initiatives to address them,” Tanate said.

The Persons with Disabilities Affairs Office of Iloilo City will showcase their best practices in assisting and providing services to PWDs during the congress, Tanate said.

“They will present their programs that benefited number of PWDs in Iloilo City. We are expecting that it would inspire other local government units and as well as replicate their best practices,” she added.

The regional PWD congress will be conducted at Hotel del Rio in this city.

Spearheaded by the Regional Council for Disability Affairs in partnership with the DSWD and other concerned agencies, the event is expected to gather more or less 150 participants composed of leaders and focal persons of PWDs, Social Welfare and Development Officers, representatives from the different Persons with Disabilities Affairs Office (PDAO), among others. (PNA)

DECEMBER 2017

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