During the celebration of the United Nations (UN) International Youth Day, youth leaders on Thursday, Aug. 12, urged their fellow youth to make it more “meaningful” by acknowledging situations and barriers that affect young people.
Photo shows Filipino youth leaders attending a Constituency-build
Published February 3, 2021, 7:02 PM
A number of school buildings in the National Capital Region (NCR) have not fully complied with the requirements of sanitary facilities, as some have no running water resulting in “unsanitary condition and non-functional toilets,” according to a Citizen Participatory Audit (CPA) report.
(FLICKR / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
The audit report on the “Department of Education’s Elementary and Secondary School Buildings and Other Facilities in Metro Manila” was conducted from Sept. 30, 2019 to Feb. 2020 by two teams covering 158 out of a total 792 government primary and secondary schools in NCR.
Those who took part in the audit came from non-government organizations, namely Caucus of Development NGOs, Metro Manila Federation of Persons with Disability, Quezon City Federation of Persons with Disability, and Unang Hakbang Foundation with its partner Pinagsamang Lakas ng Kabataan.