MindaNews » 9000 kids avail of feeding program.

By Allen V. Estabillo
March 14, 2012

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 March) – A total of 9,378 school children in Lake Sebu town in South Cotabato and several other areas in the country have benefited from feeding programs and other related initiatives conducted by an international child welfare organization in the last three years.

Fanny Divino, program manager for South Central Mindanao of Save the Children, said they launched the feeding programs for three consecutive years since 2009 in the lean months of August to October
to mainly help poor children remain in school.

Aside from the feeding programs, she said they provided livelihood assistance to 287 poor families as well as helped improve the capabilities of 662 health care providers and 268 community health workers.

“The participating families have significantly improved household food security, increased food diversity scores and gained economic opportunities,” she said during the program’s exit conference held in Lake Sebu town Tuesday.

Dubbed “Making Food Go Further,” Divino said the project was also implemented in marginalized communities in Paranaque City in Metro Manila and San Remigio town in Antique.

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