STA. MARCELA, Apayao- Apayao province celebrated the nutrition month and disaster resilience month jointly in a program held on July 20, 2017 at the gymnasium of Sta. Marcela, Apayao. The one-day activity started with an opening program highlighted by the participant’s Pledge on Nutrition and introduction of Kapitan Alerto campaign. Zumba and cooking contest followed participated by the municipalities of the province.

In the afternoon, IEC on the nutrition month talking points and poultry livelihood program was done to provide information on the nutrition month theme and poultry raising as livelihood. The joint program ended with the awarding of the zumba and cooking test winners including nutrition awards provided by the province to the municipalities who participated in the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation and Barangay Nutrition Scholars with established nutrition corner.

Nutrition Officer III Bella Basalong representing Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator,Rita Papey  reminded the participants to choose healthy food options in her discussion of the nutrition months talking points. She also served as the chairman of the board in the cooking contest.

The activity was participated by around 100-150 members of the local nutrition committee, health staff, local disaster risk reduction office staff, students and community members from various municipalities of the province. BMB