One of the main events of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Global Gathering was the SUN Global Village where member countries of the SUN Movement, SUN Networks, and key partners showcase their progress, achievements, and innovations in scaling up nutrition.
The SUN Global Village was inaugurated during the opening ceremony held in 4 November.
The Philippines, a member of the SUN Movement since 2014, featured recently approved legislations, tools, and models to address the alarming nutrition problem in the country.
The legislations include Republic Act (RA) 11148 or the Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Mag-Nanay Act which aims to scale up nutrition intervention programs in the first 1000 days of a child’s life, and RA 11037 or Masustansyang Pagkain para sa Batang Pilipino Act which aims to improve the nutritional status of daycare, kindergarten, and public elementary school children through supplementary feeding. Other legislations were RA 11223 or the Universal Healthcare Act and RA 11210 or the Expanded Maternity Leave Law.
Meanwhile, the tools showcased were along growth monitoring and development, information management tools for nutrition in disaster risk reduction management, food technologies, and IEC materials developed for improved monitoring system, increased nutrition action, and wider dissemination of nutrition messages, respectively.
Lastly, different models along the first 1000 days were also showcased. The models featured included NNC’s Early Childhood Care and Development in the First 1000 Days (ECCD F1K) Program, Save the Children’s Kalinga Framework and the First 1000 Days focused on MNCHN Programming, Nutrition International’s Right Start Initiative, UNICEF Integrated Programming on the First 1000 Days, and Quezon Province’s F1K Program.
Furthermore, the Philippine delegation also brought some Filipino delicacies like dried mangoes, polvoron, and durian candies for other SUN member countries to taste the Filipino culture.