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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 376 -
AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT TO
ESTABLISH, MANAGE AND OPERATE A SKILLS TRAINING CENTER FOR DISABLED AND
STREET CHILDREN AT THE ELSIE GACHES VILLAGE
WHEREAS, a parcel of land
identified as Lot No. 1996 of the Muntinlupa Estate Subdivision,
situated in Barrio Muntinlupa, Rizal (now Muntinlupa City), consisting
of sixteen (16) hectares, more or less, together with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, was donated by Mr. Samuel F. Gaches to the
Commonwealth of the Philippines (Republic of the Philippines) on 19
December 1940;
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Deed of Donation was executed subject to the
conditions that the above described property shall be “FOR EXCLUSIVE
BENEFIT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES (REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES) TO BE USED AS HOSPITAL SITE FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN, AND A
HOME FOR THE POOR IN THEIR OLD AGE, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSES OF THE
SAME NATURE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES MAY DETERMINE;”
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the state to promote the well-being and
total development of children and the youth, to protect them from
exploitation, abuse, improper influence, hazards and other
circumstances prejudicial to their physical, mental, emotional, social
and moral development;
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 7610, otherwise known as the Special
Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and
Discrimination, was approved on 17 June 1992, which provides, among
others, that the State shall protect and rehabilitate children gravely
threatened or endangered by circumstances which will affect their
survival and normal development and over which they have no control.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the
Department of Social Welfare and Development to establish, manage and
operate a Skills Training Center for the Street Children and Disabled
Children, with the participation and involvement of Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs) at the Elsie Gaches Village.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 29th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety six.
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