Taguig City continues fight against malnutrition; extends its supplementary feeding program to 120 days


In Taguig, every child’s welfare is a priority.

True to this commitment, the local government is extending its supplementary feeding program dubbed Lingap at Aruga sa Nutrisyon Isagawa from 90 days to 120 days.

According to City Nutrition Office officer-in-charge Ms. Julie Bernabe, the additional 30 days will “allow us to make sure that the rehabilitation of the child’s health is definitely complete, even after their weight normalizes already within 90 days.”

The City Nutrition Office has started implementing this year’s modified supplementary feeding program in the 28 barangays beginning September 1.

It will run until December 29, 2017.

More than 900 Taguigeño kids aged 12 to 71 months are the current beneficiaries of the program, which aims to provide proper nourishment to underweight, underheight, and stunted children.

The feeding sessions are conducted in each barangay, during which the children are served with nutritious afternoon snacks like carbonara, champorado and spaghetti.

With the help of a Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS), each meal is done and prepared by the mothers themselves.

During weekends, BNS have the discretion to provide the uncooked meals to the mothers for them to personally cook at the comfort of their houses.

Taguig City’s feeding program is complemented by the yearly “Oplan Timbang” (OPT) from January to March, where the height and weight of children 0-5 years old in each barangay are recorded.

The data collected are used to determine the proper nutritional intervention for the child, who is classified either as severely underweight, underweight, normal, or overweight.

Aside from the supplementary feeding program, mothers of the beneficiaries are encouraged to attend mothers’ class held once a week and led by a BNS, doctor, nurse or midwife.

The mothers’ class allows the participants to learn more about proper child rearing including the importance of breastfeeding and complete immunization.

Through the collaborative efforts of the various departments, mothers are also provided seeds that will enable them to plant vegetables that they can serve to their children.

They are given a chance to learn different ways of earning money–through bleach making, rug making and food preservation, among others.

For three (3) consecutive years (2013 to 2015), Taguig City was awarded the prestigious Green Banner award by the National Nutrition Council-National Capital Region (NNC-NCR). The recognition is conferred to local government units which display outstanding performance in implementing its nutrition programs.

This consistent performance led Taguig City to receive the CROWN Award in 2016.

The city is currently aiming for the NNC’s top award – the Nutrition Honor Award. This recognition is the highest award given by the NNC to the recipients of CROWN Award which managed to maintain quality nutrition program implementation for another three consecutive years. ###

 

Filipino Version

Patuloy ang laban ng Taguig City kontra malnutrition; supplementary feeding program pinalawig pa hanggang 120 araw

Sa lungsod ng Taguig, ang kapakanan ng bawat bata ang prayoridad.

feedingBilang patunay nito, ang lokal na pamahalaan ng Taguig ay nagpatupad ng karagdagang araw sa pagpapatupad ng Lingap at Aruga sa Nutrisyon Isagawa supplementary feeding program, mula 90 araw ay ginawa na itong 120 araw.

Ayon sa officer in charge ng City Nutrition Office na si Ms. Julie Bernabe, ang karagdagang 30 na araw ay upang masiguro na kumpleto ang rehabilitasyon sa kalusugan ng bawat kabataan kahit na mag-normalize ang timbang ng bata sa 90 araw lamang.

Ang City Nutrition Office ay nagsimula nang ipatupad ngayong taon ang modified supplementary feeding program sa mahigit na 28 barangay simula September 1.

Ang programa ay magpapatuloy hanggang December 29, 2017.

Aabot sa 900 batang Taguigeño na may edad 12 hanggang 71 buwang gulang ang kasalukuyang benepisyaryo ng programa, na may layuning makapag-bigay ng nutrisyon sa mga batang kulang sa timbang, tangkad o natigil ang paglaki.

Ang mga feeding session ay ipinapatupad sa bawat barangay, kung saan ang mga bata ay pinapakain ng mga masusustansyang pagkain kagaya ng carbonara, champorado at spaghetti.

Sa tulong ng Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS), ang bawat putahe o pagkain na ibinibigay sa mga bata ay inihanda o niluto mismo ng mga magulang ng mga bata.

Tuwing Sabado at Linggo, pinapayagan ng BNS ang pagbigay ng mga hindi pa lutong sangkap ng mga pagkain sa mga magulang upang sila na mismo ang magluto sa kanilang bahay para ipakain sa kanilang mga anak.

Ang feeding program ng Taguig City ay tinatapatan din  ng taunang “Oplan Timbang” (OPT) mula January hanggang March, kung saan binabantayang mabuti ang tangkad at timbang ng mga batang may edad 0-5 years old at itinatala ito ng bawat barangay.

Ang mga datos na makokolekta ay pag-aaralan upang malaman kung anong nutritional intervention ang kinakailangan ng bawat bata, na kina-classify sa pamamagitan ng kanilang estado kung sila man ay underweight, normal, o overweight.

Sa kabila ng supplementary feeding program, ang mga ina ng mga benepisyaryong kabataan ay hinihikayat na dumalo ng mothers’ class na isinasagawa isang beses kada linggo sa pangunguna ng BNS, doktor, nurse o midwife.

Ang mothers’ class ay tumutulong sa mga ina na matutunan nila ang mabisa at maayos na paraan sa pagpapalaki ng anak, kasama na ang paglahad ng kahalagahan ng breastfeeding at ang pagkumpleto ng mga bakuna.

Sa pakikipagtulungan ng iba’t-ibang departamento, ang mga magulang ay binibigyan din ng mga punlang pananim upang masimulan nila ang pagtanim ng mga gulay sa kanilang bakuran na pwedeng iluto para sa magandang kalusugan ng kanilang anak.

Bukod pa rito ay meron din silang ibang paraan para kumita ng pera sa pamamagitan ng pag-aral ng mga pwedeng inegosyo kagaya ng bleach making, rug making at food preservation, at iba pa.

Sa tatlong magkakasunod na taon, (2013 hanggang 2015), ang Taguig City ay nabigyan ng karangalan matapos gawaran ng Green Banner award ng National Nutrition Council-National Capital Region (NNC-NCR). Ang award na ito ay ibinibigay sa mga local government units na may maayos na pagpapatupad sa kanilang nutrition programs.

Dahil dito ay nagawaran din ang Taguig City ng CROWN Award noong 2016.

Ang syudad ay kasalukuyang pinupuntirya ang mataas na award ng NNC—ang Nutrition Honor Award.

Ang recognition na ito ay isa sa pinakamataas na award na iginagawad ng NNC sa mga recipient ng CROWN Award, kung saan nagpapakita ang mga LGUs ng maayos at mataas na kalidad ng nutrition program sa tatlong magkakasunod na taon. ###


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