Reflection

School is only for the open minded and strong, the weak cannot survive. You may have learned about math, science, social studies, and language arts but only a handful of students actually learn lifelong lessons to be in a productive society. School holds many things in its classrooms and hallways. Having great teachers and mentors will benefit you in school. Their wisdom and knowledge will contribute to you in ways unimaginable. School can teach you plenty and these are a couple of the many of things I have learned.

I learned you had to leave that wonderful, secure place called home for a place where you were supposed to learn all kinds of new things—and at an age much too early to leave that security. I learned that even if you cried day after day, nobody cared and you still didn’t get to go home. I learned that you could cry on your mat at naptime so that the nobody who didn’t care wouldn’t see you cry. I learned that the only thing to do was to play blocks with bully boys or play house with bossy girls, and the teacher always frowned because I didn’t want to do either. I learned that there was never anything good to read and nothing to do or learn that I wasn’t already able to do at home—if I could only be there.

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The Day of Christmas

On Christmas Day, we will get in our Christmas clothes and head on over to Bob's trees and have our own family breakfast. Our uncle Bill is like the manager of Bob's trees so we get to have it there, and also half of my mom's side of the family work there, even her mom. So anyway, when we're there, I see my Great-grandma C and she gives my cousins and my brother and I our Christmas presents and also other family members because they won't be coming to our Christmas dinner party at our house.

Just yesterday, I went shopping for my best friends and while we were shopping we went to Michaels and I wanted to make a homemade wreath for us to have. We never bought a wreath or never had one cause they are so expensive. So I said to my mom I wanted to make one and she said “OK.” We got Christmas color pom poms, some pine cones that are fake but smell really good, a bow and a foam ring to put the pom poms on. When we went home, I started right away on the wreath.

While we were shopping, we bought our yearly Christmas ornaments. I got an ornament that has a white teddy bear on it and the teddy bear is wearing a scarf and also the teddy bear is holding a baby penguin and the baby penguin is wearing a hat and they both are sledding down a hill on a blue sled. It is so cute.

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GAD-VAWC

Since the passage of the Law, the IACVAWC member agencies have made significant accomplishments in the areas of public information and advocacy, policy development, capacity building, service delivery, and monitoring. Various orientations on the Law were held and primers and other IEC materials were printed to reach as many people as possible on the importance of the law. Frontline service providers were given various trainings on the use and application of the Law in their anti-VAWC services. Specific programs addressing the special needs of VAWC victims were developed and implemented and various tools and systems are being developed to monitor and evaluate the implementation of anti-VAWC services.

The IACVAWC have formulated a strategic plan to achieve their vision of “A gender - fair and empowered society that protects its people especially women and children from any form of violence and exploitation thus enabling them to fully exercise their rights and participate in all development efforts, and experience a peaceful and fulfilling family and community life.”

 In coordination with PNP and other related agencies, establish an education and training program for police officers and barangay officials to enable them to properly handle cases of VAWC; Develop and provide relevant community-based services for the rescue, recovery/rehabilitation and after-care services of victim-survivors of VAWC; Strengthen coordination with the DSWD-Development Regional Offices, LGUs, NGOs and other concerned institutions for women and children on the continuous conduct of VAWC related trainings to service providers.

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