Joint with the celebration of the 7th Gamet Festival, the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) headed by regional director and chair of the RNC, Jovita P. Ayson of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources have distributed family food packs to the 100 small-scale farmers and fisherfolk families of San Juan, Sta. Praxedes, Cagayan last January 11, 2015.

The activity has been conducted to provide nutrition to the marginal people of Sta. Praxedes especially the vulnerable individuals such as the infants, children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, older persons, people with disabilities and people living with debilitating conditions. San Juan has been chosen as the beneficiary of the goods for being the poorest of the poor barangays in Sta. Praxedes with 14% underweight preschool children.

Sta. Praxedes also often experiences typhoons and floods affecting the nutrition situation of its populace as a result of loss of food crops and interrupted food supply. Hence, the delivery of nutrition intervention such as giving of family food packs is an essential way to prevent the deterioration of their nutritional status.

Nutrition Program Coordinator Rhodora G. Maestre, Mayor and Chair of the Municipal Nutrition Committee Esterlina A. Aguinaldo-Ramos and other stakeholders also participated in the giving of family food packs as nutrition intervention to the 100 beneficiaries.

The family food packs were comprised of 2 kilos of rice, assorted canned goods, seaweed chips and noodles and dried fish.