Marcos declares September as Social Protection Month
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers a speech at the End-Term General Assembly of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Photo from the Facebook page of the Presidential Communications Office)
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared September as “Social Protection Month.”
According to Proclamation No. 820, Series of 2025, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on March 6 and posted on the Official Gazette website on March 11, the annual observance will raise awareness of social protection as a critical development strategy for poverty reduction, equality, and social inclusion.
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It also highlights the importance of social protection in ensuring Filipinos’ resilience, health, and well-being.
The annual observance will be headed by the Social Development Committee-Sub-Committee on Social Protection (SDC-SCSP). The panel will be in charge of identifying programs, activities, and projects for the celebration.
“All agencies and instrumentalities and the national government, including government-owned or controlled corporations and state universities and colleges, are hereby directed, and all local government units, non-government organizations, as well as the private sector, are hereby encouraged, to actively participate and render the necessary support and assistance to SDC-SCSP for the effective implementation of this Proclamation,” the proclamation reads.
The Presidential Communications Office, meanwhile, was directed to implement measures to inform and encourage the public to support the celebration.
