ARMM opens child minding center in Cotabato

Lawyer Rasol Mitmug Jr., Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao education secretary, delivers a short speech following the opening on Thursday (Sept. 6) of the Child Minding Center situated inside the Regional Library at Shariff Kabunsuan Complex, the provisional seat of the ARMM in Cotabato City. Among those looking on is Norkhalila Mae Mambuay-Campong, chief of staff of the Office of the Regional Governor (3rd from right in red blouse). (Photo by BPI-ARMM)

COTABATO CITY – The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao opened here Thursday a Child Minding Center (CMC) inside the Sharif Kabunsuan Complex, the provisional seat of the region situated in this city.

Lawyer Rasol Mitmug Jr., ARMM education secretary, and Norkhalila Mae Mambuay-Campong, chief of staff of the Office of the Regional Governor (ORG), led the opening of the CMC at the regional library section of the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Center building.

The children’s center, an initiative of ORG-ARMM through its gender and development focal point system, will be open from 8 a.m. to 5: p.m. every Monday to Friday.

“I see working ARMM parents bringing their young children to the office because they do not have a place to leave them as they also do not have confidence in the nanny system. Now, we have this child center,” Campong said.

Kamilah Unda, head of the regional library, said the ORG will hire social workers and nurses who will look after the children during their stay in the center, adding that a story-telling activity would also be conducted every Wednesday.

“We could now focus more on our jobs knowing that our children are safe,” Campong said. (PNA/By Noel Punzalan) -  (Reposted by Becky D. de Asi)s