Pagadian City launches Integrated Feeding Program

Pagadian City launches Integrated Feeding Program

By Gideon C. Corgue

PAGADIAN CITY, February 24---The local government unit (LGU) of Pagadian City through the City Nutrition Council (CNC) officially launched the Integrated Feeding Program (IFP) for children at the Executive Function Hall recently.


In the weekly radio program dubbed "Mayors' Report", Mayor Samuel Co announced that the IFP will provide benefits to the undernourished children in the 54 barangays of the city.

Co thanked the generous donor, the Social Paraclete Association, Inc. in donating 2,000 boxes of Mannapack Fortified Rice containing a total of 28,000 kilos.

It can be recalled that on February 21, the launch of the IPF was held and the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the Social Paraclete Association Incorporated and the City Government of Pagadian for the implementation of the program.


Co said that the donated fortified rice can really help malnourished children in the city.

"The city government will try to prevent malnutrition among children by feeding them healthy food such as Mannapack fortified rice so that Pagadian City will not be included in the list of LGUs with the highest prevalence of undernourished children," Co said.

Co was impressed with the quality fortified rice given because it has a mixture of powder and vitamins with soya beans that can improve the nutritional and health status of the children.


Co said that the city government will provide a counterpart by supplying chickens to be mixed with fortified rice to be fed to the children so that it will be delicious when they taste the food.

The good mayor urged the barangay officials to help their respective barangay nutrition scholars (BNS) in the implementation of the feeding program because the BNS is the only one that has been assigned to implement the program in their barangays.

The Mannapack fortified rice is for malnourished, undernourished, at risk pregnant & lactating women, Indigenous People (IP) children, selected senior citizens, children with medical conditions and PWDs. (jcc/The Pagadian Times)

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