Program on positive discipline of children concludes Tuesday

Participants of the project "Collective Action to Promote Non-Violent and Protective Society for Children"

Participants of the project “Collective Action to Promote Non-Violent and Protective Society for Children” review documents that have been provided for them. (CDN PHOTO/IZOBELLE PULGO)

A FORUM and awarding ceremony concludes the project “Collective Action to Promote Non-Violent and Protective Society for Children” Tuesday.

The project spearheaded by Plan International in partnership with European Union, Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD), and Lihok Pilipina Foundation aims to highlight the “positive discipline” approach on children in lieu of corporal punishment.

Today’s culmination program is composed of two parts – a “Lessons Learned Conference” in the morning and the Gawad Gabay Awarding and Stakeholders Recognition in the afternoon, with the theme “Disciplining Children Without Harm for a Better Tomorrow.”

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