While there is no available date specific to child labor in sugarcane for the entire country, ABK3 LEAP’s baseline date in Negros Occidental documented 30,760 households with children working in sugarcane farms in 60 barangays within 15 cities/municipalities, the press release also said.
ABK3 LEAP’s Child Labor Monitoring System, is a tool that can track child labor situation in the community using the Nokia Date Gathering software installed in mobile phones, it also said.
The NDG, which has been piloted and used by over 300 organizations around the world to collect field date, enables paperless date gathering facilities a faster, real-time transmission of collected date for analysis, it said
Mayors, MSWD and Planning Officers of the 15 ABK3 LEAP covered cities/municipalities, which are Bacolod City, Cauayan, Escalante City, Kabankalan City, La Castellana, Manapla, Moises Padilla, Murcia, Sagay City, San Carlos City, Silay City, Talisay City, Toboso and Victorias City, and PCRWC members are expected to join the launching.
ABK3 LEAP project is implemented by a consortium of organizations led by World Vision Development Foundation, in partnership with ChildFund Philippines, Educational Research and Development Assistance Foundation, Inc. Sugar Industry Foundation. Inc. Community Economic Ventures, and University of the Philippines Social Action and Research for Development Foundation Inc., the press release said.
Funding for the ABK3 LEAP project was provided by the United States Department of Labor, it added.*
June 2025
Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
June 6: Migrant Workers Day
June 19: Filipino Youth Day
June 25: Day of the Filipino Seafarer
