Guidelines on the Implementation of the Help Me Convergence Program to Address Child Labor

March 8, 2016JOINT DOLE-DSWD-DEPED-DILG-DOH-DA-DOJ-TESDA-NEDA-PIA-CWC-NCIP MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 001-16FOR:Heads of Departments/Agencies  Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)  Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)  Department of Education (DepEd)  Department of Health (DOH)  Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)  Department of Agriculture (DA)  Department of Justice (DOJ)  Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)  National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)  Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC)  Philippine Information Agency (PIA)  National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)   SUBJECT:Guidelines on the Implementation of the Help Me Convergence Program to Address Child Labor 1. Background and RationaleThis Guidelines is pursuant to and aligned with Republic Act No. 9231 (An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child, Amending for this Purpose Republic Act No. 7610, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the "Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act"), Republic Act No. 9208 (Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003), Republic Act No. 10364 (Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012), Republic Act...