Table 1-a Population of PWDs by Age group and Type of Disability (Male)

Table 1-b Population of PWDs by Age group and Type of Disability (Female)

BOTH SEXES

      In 2019, Carmona has 1, 636 persons with disabilities (PWDs), composed of 930 (57%) males and 706 (43%) females. Of this number, 204 are learners in Center Based Education.

      Intellectual disability is the most common type of disability in the municipality, consisting of 435 (26%) individuals from different age brackets. This was followed by the Orthopedic disability with 411 (25%), Psychosocial disability with 410 (25%) individuals, hearing disability with 146 (9%) individuals, 144 (11%) persons with visual disability, 79 (5%) persons with speech impairment and 11 (1%) persons with learning disability.   

      In terms of age bracket, children age 6-10 years old has the most number of persons with disability with 172 individuals, composed of 114 males and 58 females with different types of disability. Children age 11-15 years old and adults age 46-50 years old followed with 166 and 157 individuals, respectively.  

      The table also indicates that a person age 21 years old and above with epilepsy is already classified as psychosocial disability, while a person age 20 years old and below with epilepsy is classified as Mental or Intellectual Disability. Similarly, cerebral palsy is classified as an orthopedic type of impairment. Based on the breakdown of types of disability, both psychosocial and orthopedic type of impairment is common among adults age 46-60 years old while the intellectual disability is commonly observed among persons age 0-35 years old.

      Furthermore, the magnitude of persons with Hearing disability peaked at the age brackets of 16-25, 26-30 and 46-50 years old while visual disability can be acquired even at a young age due to hereditary conditions.

      Under the Municipal Ordinance No. 003-02, Carmona’s Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) was established on September 2000 pursuant to Republic Act No. 7277 or “Magna Carta for Disabled Persons. Alongside with the goal of ensuring the implementation of programs and services for persons with disability, the municipality of Carmona created its EMBRACE Program. 

E-mpower PWDs     M-ap, Monitor and Mentor People with Special Needs       B-uild Centers for Development and Livelihood

R-ender Quality Education and Health Care Service   A-dopt Effective Approach   C-hallenge Communities     E-nrich Lives of PWDs and their Families

LIST OF LEARNERS, CENTER-BASED 2019                                                                                     

       In 2019, the Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) Center-Based recorded a total of two hundred four (204) learners with different types of impairment. In terms of the magnitude, male enrollees were dominant with 143, while females comprised only 61 enrollees.  Persons with Mental disability have the highest number of enrollees, while persons with Speech Impairment got the least enrollees this year.

Table 2

      Disadvantaged families, communities, women, children, youth, PWDs, senior citizens, victims of natural disasters are the types of clientele served by the MSWD. In 2019, the Municipal Social Welfare and Development-Carmona served 10,216 clienteles from different disadvantaged groups. It is 73.67% lower than the previous year’s 38,804 clienteles. Most of the underprivileged communities are situated at Barangay Milagrosa (Phase 3 ½ and Phase 4), who had been the beneficiaries of various LGU programs such as Pamaskong Handog and Displaced Families.

Table 3. Historical number of population served by type clientele, Year 2015 to Year 2019

*Composed of Pamaskong Handog, ESA and Displaced Families, Balik Probinsya

**Composed of Pamaskong Handog Beneficiaries and Displaced Families    

***CICL, VAWC

Disadvantaged Communities                                                                                                                                                                                 

1 Barangay Milagrosa (Phase 3 1/2, Phase 4

      A decreased in the number of clientele served by the Carmona-MSWD was observed in 2019. Currently, the municipality has one (1) disadvantaged community located at Barangay Milagrosa (Phase 3 ½ and Phase 4). This community consists of families who are economically, physically, and socially deprived. The number of disadvantaged women served also showed a significant decline of 32.58%, from 1200 in 2018 to 809 in 2019.  These clients are mostly women from 18-59 years old deprived of literacy opportunities or those abused/ exploited and victims of illegal recruitment.

      Meanwhile, children from 0-6 years old who are malnourished, orphaned, street children, victims of armed conflicts, and children of deprived families recorded a total of 989 individuals, which is 18.60% lower compared to 1,215 disadvantaged children in 2018. The number of disadvantaged families accounts for 1,795 clients, which is 93.87% lower compared to last year’s 29,275 clients. Furthermore, there is no disadvantaged youth, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and victims of natural disaster recorded this year. 

Table 4. PHYSICAL CONDITION OF FACILITIES, BY BARANGAY: YEAR 2019

      The existing facilities at various barangays for both children (Child Development Center) and senior citizens (Senior Citizen Center) were all in good condition.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Under MSWD

 2019-2020

Table 5

      A total of 1,215 pupils were enrolled during the SY 2019-2020 at various Child Development Centers under MSWD. Currently, thirteen (13) public Child Development Centers (CDCs), formerly known as Day Care Centers, exist in the municipality. These are strategically located in different barangays to cater to toddlers 4-5 years of age. Of these enrollees, 49% (592) are boys, and 51% (623) are girls, facilitated by one teacher at one classroom per Child Development Center listed above.  

Table 5a- Accredited Day Care workers and Child Development Center, 2019

      At present, there is one (1) day care worker assigned for each Child Development Center at various barangays. Since all CDC facilities in the municipality have been successfully accredited, all day care workers are likewise deemed accredited. These Day Care workers are responsible for guiding the children towards their learning and development.

      Currently, all of the existing Child Development Centers (CDCs) that are strategically located in various barangays were certified accredited by the DSWD. Barangay Milagrosa and Barangay Lantic have the most number of DCC’s with 4 and 3 facilities respectively. Other barangays have one (1) accredited Child Development Center each, particularly at Poblacion 1-7, 8, Maduya, Cabilang Baybay, Mabuhay and Bancal.

TYPE OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS, BY BARANGAY, YEAR: 2019

Table 6

      In 2019, the municipality had six (6) social welfare organizations, including LCPC, BCPC, Parent’s Association Committee (PAC), Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs, Technical Working Group (TWG) of Project TIKLOP, and Children’s Group in every Barangay. The type of Social Services offered in all barangays is Family Life Education and Counseling, Family Planning Assistance and Day Care Services, and Supplemental Feeding Program under the Parents’ Association Committee. TIKLOP Project also offers social services like Medical Care, Relief/Rehabilitation, and Livelihood Program.

NUMBER OF CLIENTS PER TYPE OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM/SERVICE, 2019

Table 7

      The graph above shows the number of clients served by the MSWD-Carmona for the last two years (2019-2019). It is noticeable that the Capital Assistance Programs got the most number of clients in 2018 with 9,926 clients. Meanwhile, programs relative to Family Welfare (54%) accumulated the highest magnitude of clients served in 2019, with 16,318. It was followed by the Capital Assistance programs (27%) and Child Development Programs (7%), with 8,138 and 2,204 clients served.  

      Furthermore, programs addressing youth development have 1,630 clients served, which is 6% of the total representation this year. On the other hand, the least type of Social Welfare and Development Programs went to practical skills comprising 1% or 382 clients served.

Capital Assistance Programs include persons belonging to poverty threshold but not below food-threshold provided SEA capital grants, elderly persons belonging to below-food threshold families/ and persons with disabilities/Senior Citizen persons belonging to below-food threshold families. Under these programs are the distribution of Cash Gift, Social Pension, and Burial Assistance.

      Second, Youth Development & Emergency Assistance Programs like Aid to Individual in Crisis Situation (AICS) for medical, financial, and food assistance and the Cash for Work have both granted financial assistance to individuals or families in a crisis and provided cash in exchange for service respectively. Family Welfare Programs like Gamit Eskwela exist for aiding solo parents in the municipality.

      Third, Youth Development and Emergency Assistance programs were created mainly to serve pre-delinquent youth with their livelihood and education through community-based services (CICL), enhancing their strengths or capabilities despite their status in life. Among the perks under this development program are cash incentives, financial/material assistance to the families for the construction or establishment of their shelter, also known as Displaced/ Emergency Shelter. 

       Practical Skills Development Programs are pieces of training provided for the lowly ones or those persons belonging to below-food threshold families. Lastly, Child Development Programs include training for the out-of-school youth, community-based services for street children, supplemental feeding for moderate and severely underweight pre-school children as well as serving children age 0-6 years old at Day Care Center. 

Number of clientele served, by type, by Barangay, Year 2019

Table 8

**Disadvantaged Families – includes SEAP, HEMO and CHEMO therapy, OSCA Burial Assistance and AICS beneficiaries

      The MSWD-Carmona noted a total of 1,795 disadvantaged families from different barangays. Of this number, Barangay Milagrosa accumulated the highest with 497 identified families, followed by Barangay Maduya (251), Cabilang Baybay, and Mabuhay, with 224 clients served. As per the type of clientele served, senior Citizens outnumbered disadvantaged children and in-need individuals with a total of 6,622 persons.