TUGUEGARAO CITY, CAGAYAN- The National Nutrition Council Region 02 through the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET), concluded its Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) for year 2015 with its visit in municipalities of Aparri and Lal-lo on July 2 and 3. This year’s MELLPI started last April in Batanes. The RNET led by the NNC Region 02 Nutrition Program Coordinator, Ms. Rhodora Maestre in collaboration with the interagency evaluation team has been roaming around the region to monitor and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the local nutrition program implemented by the different local government units in the region.
This year composition of RNET were Chaired by Ms. Nerissa Mabbayad of the Department of Health (DOH), Co-Chaired by Ms. Nenita Yabis of the Department of Agriculture (DA), and its members were Mr. Dave Escalante from the Department of Interior Local Government (DILG), Ms. Delia De Guzman of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Ms. Arlene Tacuycuy of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource (BFAR), Mr. Richard Francisco of Department of Agrian Reform (DAR), and Ms. Edita Ubiña of Department of Education (DEPED). They evaluated cities of Cauayan and Ilagan in Isabela. Furthermore, municipalities in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Batanes, Quirino and Cagayan were also visited by the team.
The RNET assessed the efficiency of the local nutrition action plan implementation of the above-mentioned LGUs by looking into how much of their plans have been achieved. The team also did validation weighing of at least 10% of the total preschool children of the sampled barangay and assessed the changes in the weight status of the LGUs’ preschool and school children who are the main beneficiaries of their nutrition programs.
Likewise, the RNET also evaluated the performance of the Barangay Nutrition Scholars vying for Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar Award. The BNSs are the barangay-based volunteers tasked to coordinate the delivery of basic nutrition and related services in their respective area of assignments. Conferment for the said award is tentatively set on October 15 in Tuguegarao City.
