The City of Davao, through the Special Office for Childrenâs Concerns (SOCC), started the first Davao City Summer Festival for Children on Monday, May 23, 2022, with the theme, âPahalagahan: Talento at Kasiyahan ng Pamilya at Kabataanâ. The festival aims to serve as outlet, in which Dabawenyo children from the city’s 182 barangays can showcase their creative talents by participating in a city-wide talent competition.
In an interview, SOCC Head Consorcia Ronquillo said that the event is a collaborative initiative by the SOCC, Barangay Cultural Communities and Affairs Division (BCCAD), DepEd Region XI, City Social Welfare and Development (CSWDO), and various local NGOs. She added that the event will serve as a respite for children whose mobility and activities were restricted due to the pandemic.
âPara mapadayag sa atong mga kabatan-unan an ilang talento og makita nato og unsa ba gyud kasuod ang ginikanan og mga bata karon, no? Lalo na ron nga tungod aning online bitaw … tungod sa sitwasyon sa pandemya, murag ang mga bata kay nagluklok. Unsaon na lang ilang mga skills og ilang mga talento na dili mapadayag? (So our children can exhibit their talents and for us to see how close the kids are with their parents. Especially now that everything is done online … because of the situation with the pandemic, the children are cooped up. What about their skills and talents that they are unable to exhibit?)
The festival started Monday with a poster-making contest for special children aged 12 to 14 for category A and 15 to 17 for Category B. The SOCC head said that this will be followed by a TikTok dancing and singing competition, which will be conducted online on Tuesday and Wednesday, along with the sending of entries for the photography contest. The awarding ceremony will be on Friday, May 27, 2022, at Magsaysay Park from 8 a. m. to noon. CIO
