- Details
- Category: Region 5
Finally, ECCD F1K has begun in the City. The Joint Training for Home Food Production, Food Demonstration on Complementary Feeding, and Distribution of Planting Source and Height Board was held on from 27 September up to 9 October in 4 batches. Led by CNAO Rosa Jeannie P. Bolivar and City Administrator and Agriculturist, Mr. Ruben De los Santos, first batch was held in the morning of 27 September, with 60 beneficiaries composed of pregnant and lactating mothers, and mothers with 0-23 months old children. The same number of beneficiaries attended the second batch on the same day. This was supported by their respective Barangay Captains and Chairs of the Committee on Health with the very hardworking BNSs and BHWs. At present, barangay communal gardens are now in place in most barangays. Soon, these vegetables will be harvested not only in the communal gardens but in their own homes too. Meantime, the ECCD Team has started to monitor the various barangays in their food production activities. In fact, pechay has started to grow already. Soon, many children and mothers would enjoy eating these vegetables. Fresh, organic vegetables, anyone?
- Details
- Category: Region 5
Finally, ECCD F1K has begun in the City. The Joint Training for Home Food Production, Food Demonstration on Complementary Feeding, and Distribution of Planting Source and Height Board was held on from 27 September up to 9 October in 4 batches. Led by CNAO Rosa Jeannie P. Bolivar and City Administrator and Agriculturist, Mr. Ruben De los Santos, first batch was held in the morning of 27 September, with 60 beneficiaries composed of pregnant and lactating mothers, and mothers with 0-23 months old children. The same number of beneficiaries attended the second batch on the same day. This was supported by their respective Barangay Captains and Chairs of the Committee on Health with the very hardworking BNSs and BHWs. At present, barangay communal gardens are now in place in most barangays. Soon, these vegetables will be harvested not only in the communal gardens but in their own homes too. Meantime, the ECCD Team has started to monitor the various barangays in their food production activities. In fact, pechay has started to grow already. Soon, many children and mothers would enjoy eating these vegetables. Fresh, organic vegetables, anyone?
- Details
- Category: Region 5
Writeshop cum Workshop for the Formulation of the RDP 2017-2022 of Bicol conducted by NEDA Regional Office V, Arimbay, Legazpi City on 29 November 2016.
The SDC Technical Staff led by Director Agnes Espinas of NEDA organized the Planning-Workshop for the formulation of the Regional Development Plan 2017-2022 of Bicol.
The National Nutrition Council, represented by NO III Valeza, participated in writing the plan chapter on “Reducing inequality in opportunities for human development”. The Writeshop cum Planning-Workshop was attended by more than sixty (60) focal persons of the different government agencies including Provincial/City Planning Officers from 6 provinces and 7 cities, representatives from people’s organizations, and officials from State Universities and Colleges in the region. The participants were grouped according to their agency’s assigned Chapter. The draft RDP 2017-2022 has 22 Chapters and nutrition was under Chapter 11 under human development as an end in itself. Other agencies involved on this chapter include DOH, PopCom, DOLE, TESDA, CHED and DepED. This chapter focuses on the following: to improve outcomes in nutrition, health (i.e. guarantee services that provide care for all stages, ensure the accessibility of services through universal health coverage), and basic education (i.e. provision of quality, accessible, relevant and liberating basic education for all).
Completion of the draft RDP 2017-2022 is expected on 6 December 2016 when the group meets again. ( NO III Valeza)
- Details
- Category: Region 5
NNC Legazpi City - 30 May 2017. The quest for the Best 2016 Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) continues. Today, the written examination for the respective 2016 Outstanding BNSs from all over the region are at Jennifer’s Kababayan Hotel in Legazpi City for their 1.5 hour written examination. Yesterday afternoon, Naga City’s 2016 Outstanding BNS, Florenia D. Mariano, together with the city’s District Nutrition Program Coordinator, Ms. Raquel B. Buere, were already in Legazpi City to ensure early arrival at the venue and relax before the day of the examination. We are sure that all the contenders from various cities and provinces in the region studied hard and prepared well for this examination. Two OBNSs particularly from the provinces of Catanduanes and Masbate no longer joined today’s examination as the same test was administered to their respective OBNS during the team’s evaluation in their barangays held on 22 and 26 May, respectively. The provincial outstanding BNS of Masbate is Lalaine A. Recaña from Brgy Sawang, Aroroy while the POBNS of Catanduanes is Evelyn Q. Magtagob from Brgy Palnab del Sur, Virac.
As in the past years, the written examination was prepared by NNC Central Office, and the same test is given to all contenders to the Search for 2016 Regional OBNS in the country. The Bicol Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team for this year, with Ms. Anneli Alejo of POPCOM Region 5 as the Chairperson, will meet and deliberate the results of 2016 Regional Outstanding BNS on the 6th of June. Good luck to all contenders to the Search for Bicol region’s 2016 outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar. (arr/nnc 5)
- Details
- Category: Region 5
Legazpi City. The National Nutrition Council Bicol will give due recognition to local government units that have shown outstanding performance in managing their local nutrition program on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon at The Oriental Hotel, Legazpi City. Likewise, the NNC will honor outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) who have done exemplary performance in their barangays by doing ordinary thing extraordinarily.
Read more: NNC BICOL CELEBRATES REGIONAL NUTRITION AWARDING CEREMONY 2016
- Details
- Category: Region 5
The National Nutrition Council – Region 5 led by NPC Arlene R. Reario together with ECCD F1K – PNC Betito, handed over the 2017 funds for the implementation of the program components on mother’s classes, nutrition education, home food production, and monitoring to all the ECCD F1K areas in Camarines Sur, namely Iriga City and the municipalities of Bato, Libmanan, and Sipocot with a total number of 190 barangays. These areas were considered to have the highest magnitude of poverty ranging from 23% to 40.3%.
The municipality of Bato was the first to receive its financial assistance on 7 April at Rotber’s Garden, Sta. Cruz, Bato, Camarines Sur during the consultative meeting for Nutrition Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security, with Mayor Francisco B. Bernaldez.
