Friday, October 30, 2015

Soldiers give food packs for feeding beneficiaries

From the Visayan Daily Star (Oct 30): Soldiers give food packs for feeding beneficiaries

Officers of the 302 nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army recently distributed 130 boxes of Vitameal food packs to beneficiaries of their feeding program in Negros Oriental.

The food packs are intended for poor and malnourished children, aged 2 to 13 years old, as well as for pregnant and lactating women, a government press release said.

A Vitameal food pack contains barley, lentil, and rice, and carries 25 essential vitamins and minerals.

The recipients are the barangay health workers of Hagtu and Arebasore in Mabinay town, BHWs of barangays 3 and 4 in Siaton town, and social workers of the Little Children of the Philippines Foundation Inc., the press release also said.

Captain Eric Calulot of the 302 nd IB briefed recipients of the food package, and on how to cook it. He said the food packs can be incorporated in other food recipes, like spaghetti or macaroni soup.

He also discussed the BHWs and social workers' roles in monitoring the condition of the beneficiaries of the feeding program. Each of them were given monitoring sheets, which they will fill out every feeding session, to check if a child or a pregnant or lactating mother continuously attends the feeding session, the press release said.

Calulot said the Army's feeding program is part of their strategy to addressing problems of insurgency in Negros Oriental, and to show the people their sincerity in delivering government services.

He said the Army's program targets impoverished barangays in the province since insurgency quickly spreads in poor communities.

The feeding program is conducted in cooperation with the Bethesda Ministries International, which supplies the Vitameal packs, and the Oriental Negros Children's Advocacy Network, the press release added.

 http://www.visayandailystar.com/2015/October/30/negor2.htm

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