Cotabato City gets Presidential Child-Friendly Award, citation

PROGRAM FEAT --- Mayor Frances Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi poses with the plaque at the Malacañang grounds after receiving the Presidential Child-Friendly Awards last November 29. Cotabato is the only city in Mindanao to have received the award in the first-class city category. (PHOTO COURTESY OF COTABATO CITY INFORMATION OFFICE / MINDANAO EXPOSE’) 

COTABATO CITY --- The local government here has earned the most coveted Presidential Child-Friendly Award in recognition of its programs for the welfare of children in the city.

Mayor Frances Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi received the recognition during awarding ceremonies on Friday (November 29) in Malacañang.

Sayadi said Cotabato was the lone city in Mindanao that earned the award and one of only four in the first-class cities category. The other awardees are Naga, Ormoc, and Dagupan.

Sayadi said the programs and activities for the welfare of children, especially on education and health, have paid off.

The city government received a P500,000 cash award to be used to undertake more programs for the welfare of the children.

“This (award) inspires us to do more for the welfare of our children,” Sayadi wrote on her social media account after receiving the award. (EDWIN FERNANDEZ, PNA – COTABATO / MINDANAO EXPOSE’)