11/12/2025
๐๐๐๐ || ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ
"Sa bawat ngiti ng mga bata, sumisibol ang pag-asa ng ating bukas."
In his 2025 State of the Children Address, Governor Harris Ongchuan committed to ensuring that every Nortehanon child grows safe, healthy, and full of positivity. Although Childrenโs Month has ended, Governor Ongchuan emphasized that caring for children is not a celebration but a daily responsibility.
The Governor highlighted that through the Provincial Childrenโs Council, the voices of young people are heard more clearly, citing significant improvements in child health and nutrition, including reduced under-five mortality, strengthened maternal and infant care, and expanded early childhood learning services and opportunities supported by partners to include UNICEF, World Vision, and Plan International.
He likewise underscored expanded child protection mechanisms, intensified campaigns against abuse and exploitation, and strengthened coordination among the PLO, PSWDO, WCPD, and DepEd to ensure timely support for children at risk. Youth engagement programs including leadership trainings, Kabataan Caravans, and school-based initiatives.
The provinceโs programs are anchored on the five child rights pillars: Survival, Development, Protection, Participation, and Governance, an integrated framework designed to ensure every child is safe, resilient, capable, heard, and supported by a child-responsive government.
He reminded everyone that while much has been achieved, more can still be done: โLeaders were once children nurtured with the right amount of love and care. The children we are nurturing today may one day lead us, care for the sick, educate the younger generation, or even move mountains to achieve their aspirations. So, as we become part of the pages of their stories, let us write a concluding chapter that gives them the happy ending they truly deserve.โ
Governor Ongchuan delivered his State of the Children Address during a full session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan yesterday, December 10, 2025, presided over by Vice Governor Clarence Dato.
This yearโs SOCA stands as both a celebration of progress and a call to continue shaping a province where every child is safe, capable, valued, and empowered.
