Mr. Glenn Gabayan, BNS, Darapidap, Candon City - “Glenn”, a name that rings like a bell when it comes to nutrition advocacy. A public servant, a catechist in four different barangays in the City of Candon, a good friend, and a good coordinator, a sympathetic person especially to the children, and a champion in everything he does. He started his service to his barangay as a Volunteer Health Workers, he is a dedicated worker and easy to get along with. Because of these good qualities, the barangay midwife assigned in their locality endorsed him to be a full-time Barangay Nutrition Scholar which was unanimously approved by the Council last July 2018.
His dedication to his work foundered as days passed by, He continued his usual routine, guided by womb to tomb nutrition advocacy. Despite the pandemic, his eagerness and his commitment to his duty never changed. He does Home Visitations for Pabasa sa Nutrition, he also conducts Home Visitation to every household with or without children at risk to monitor their concerns and needs, he spearheaded the conduct of Dietary Supplementation to preschoolers and pregnant mothers together with the members of the Barangay Nutrition Council. He has also been active in feeding programs, he successfully implemented the Nutri-co-feed on wheels be it a dry ration or ready-to-eat hot meals, during the Christmas season he and his partners, the St. Martine de Porres Hospital and Lions club, also conduct Feeding and Gift-giving activities. Every Summer, he leads in the conduct of 90 days feeding activities on daily vacation church school.
Glenn believes, that to improve one’s nutritional status in life, every individual/household should be self-reliant. He encouraged every household to have their own backyard/vegetable garden. He started establishing a communal vegetable garden near the barangay hall as a show window. Together with the members of BNC, they planted varieties of vegetables. Planting materials and vegetable seeds were distributed from the city agriculture office and Puso ng Kababaihan, a non-government organization to the barangay, the project was a success which made every family realize the importance of having a vegetable garden especially during the pandemic and similar cases.
He is also a good mentor that believes, “If you share your talent, you will be blessed with more talent”. He teaches his co-health workers on report preparation, computation of age, and analyzing monthly reports prepared. He is loved by his co-workers and midwives because of his work attitude. He is a capable community worker, well trained, and has attended various seminars and training to upgrade himself and to be able to deliver the best services to his constituents.
Kasiglatan BNS of Ilocos Sur 2019, Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar Dur-as 2019, a part in making his Barangay Champion in Barangay Child-Friendly Contest and Best in Nutrition Implementation Contest. He is God- Fearing which makes him a Champion in every heart of his barangay mates.
Pride of Barangay Darapidap in the person of Mr. Glenn Gabayan, a committed and dedicated Public Servant “ANDAP DARAPIDAP”
