Dinky Soliman, Kris Aquino launch supplementary feeding program in Baguio

Posted on | Saturday 18 June 2011 | No Comments

By Lito Dar

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Dinky Soliman and presidential sister, Kris Aquino, led the launching of government’s Supplementary Feeding Program here at the Elpidio Quirino Elementary School at Barangay Irisan, Friday.

Soliman said that the nationwide launching of the Supplementary Feeding Program is a very important ativity as it aims to address the concerns of children in terms of nutrition and the issue on hunger.
According to Soliman, President Benigno Aquino III, along with his cabinet members strongly believe that ensuring the future of the children in terms of health, nutrition and education, is a very important aspect of development.

The government’s supplementary feeding program aims to provide nutritious food to children in 43,093 local government units (LGUs)–run day care centers nationwide.

In Cordillera, DSWD has a regional budget of over P78.6 million which is set to benefit 43,093 preschoolers in 2,040 day care centers all over the region.

In Baguio, the program will benefit 3,908 preschoolers in 102 day care centers in the different barangays here in the city.

Under the program, children will be given hot and nutritious meals during the five school days in a week for 120 days. The parents of these day care children will also be the ones to manage the feeding program based on a prepared meal cycle recommended by the Food Nutrition and Research Institute (INRI) using available indigenous food ingredients.

In addition, the children will also undergo deworming and be given micro-nutrient supplementation in coordination with barangay health workers and barangay nutrition scholar.

During the same event, Kris donated school supplies to 700 kindergarten and grades one, two, and three pupils from three public schools in the area, namely Elpidio Quirino Elementary school, Irisan Primary School, and San Carlos Heights Elementary School.

A total of 114 of the 700 pupils that were given school supplies are also beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. *(JDP/LD-PIA CAR)

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