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Enabling the Disabled

Looking Back to Move Forward:
Tracing and igniting the pathways towards the establishment of a PDAO in the Province of Iloilo

Celenia Jamig & Patricia Irene Patdu
​Iloilo has around 15,246 PWDs (0.79% of province population). Three PWD organizations have been organized. As accredited NGOs of the province, their respective presidents/representatives sit as members of the provincial development council (PDC) and other local special bodies.
 
Eight years after the enactment of RA 10070, the province has yet to organize its PDAO. However, the province has enacted two previous ordinances (2007, 2017) creating a PWD office, but these legislations have not been enforced and did not contain provisions on structure and plantilla items. In the absence of a PDAO, a technical coordinator was appointed and served from 2015 to 2017 under contract of service.  The former coordinator resigned and at present, a PWD focal person from the Social Welfare and Development Office (SWDO) undertakes the functions. For 2018, Iloilo is planning to finally put up a PDAO in line with the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) indicators. The structure will be placed under the SWDO instead of the office of the Governor.
 
Among the major programs and services of the province for PWDs are the Scholarship Program, Wheelchair Distribution Project with the Latter Day Saints Charities, Electronic Manpower Skills Registry System (eMSRS), and the annual Search for the Most PWD-Friendly Municipality/City.

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