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DSWD: Around 1.5 million learners to benefit from expanded feeding program
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Tuesday said around 1.5 million learners would benefit from the government's expanded feeding program, which will begin in July.
''Para sa 2025, magsisimula na po ang supplemental feeding program. Ang nakalaan na pondo ho diyan ay halos P5.1 billion, kulang-kulang 1.5 million na mga naka-enroll sa mga child development center ang makakatanggap ng araw-araw na pagkain for a 120 days,'' Gatchalian said during a Palace press briefing.
(For 2025, the implementation of the supplemental feeding program will start. The allocated fund is worth P5.1 billion, wherein more or less 1.5 million learners enrolled in the child development centers would be given food for 120 days.)
''These are hot meals na pini-prepare sa mga centers mismo or sa mga local government units,'' he added.
(These are hot meals being prepared in centers or in local government units.)
In implementing the supplemental feeding program, the DSWD earlier said that the children's weight and height are being measured at the start and after the completion of the feeding program and consistently monitored throughout the feeding sessions.
The parents of the children are also involved in the preparation of the meals using affordable, nutritious, and indigenous ingredients, according to the DSWD.
The program is implemented yearly after it was institutionalized in 2018 by Republic Act No. 11037, also known as the 'Masustansiyang Pagkain Para sa Batang Pilipino Act.' —VAL, GMA Integrated News
