Advocates walk for a child-labour free Bukidnon

Bukidnon - Around 3,000 anti-child labour advocates, government officials and programme partners flooded the street of Malaybalay City during the Walk for a Child Labour-Free Bukidnon held on Labour Day, 1 May.

News | 15 May 2012

By Hector Tuburan Jr., Provincial Coordinator for Bukidnon
ILO-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Bukidnon - Around 3,000 anti-child labour advocates, government officials and programme partners flooded the street of Malaybalay City during the Walk for a Child Labour-Free Bukidnon held on Labour Day, 1 May.

Carrying slogans that said “Ang bata angay sa skwelahan dili sa trabaho-an” (The child should be in school and not in child labour), they walked starting from the Pine Hill Hotel, National Highway to the Kaamulan Open Theatre of the Provincial Capitol where the programme proper was held. There were even participants who came all the way from another town called Sumilao.

The Walk for a Child Labour–Free Bukidnon was a project of Bukidnon Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (BTIPC). It supports the International Labour Organization - International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour and its implementing partners, the Department of Labor and Employment and the Provincial Government of Bukidnon in its fight against child labour.

Another highlight was the signing of the Code of Conduct on the Elimination of Child Labour in the Sugar Industry in Bukidnon, by members of the District Tripartite Council, considered as a key milestone in sectoral initiatives for the child labour programme.

Bukidnon is among the provinces in the Philippines with high incidence of child labour in the sugar industry. Through this convergent effort of various partners, funds were raised to support additional educational needs of selected child labourers and their families.

For further information please contact:


Mr Cesar Giovanni Soledad

Project Manager
ILO-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
Tel. +632 580 9946 or 580 9900
Email