BUTUAN City - Twenty-seven (27) barangays of the Municipality of San Francisco, Agusan del Sur received technical assistance on the integration of the nutrition related programs, projects and activities in the 2022 Barangay Nutrition Action Plan (BNAP) last 26-29 October 2021 at Aidyl’s Place in the said town.

The training workshop provided an avenue for the Barangay Nutrition Committee (BNC) to identify sectoral PPAs and integrate to the different development plans at the barangay level. Each of the participating barangays were able to show the different forms of malnutrition through the nutrition problem tree, capture priority interventions and identify fund sources for the implementation of the plan in 2022.

Prior to the workshop proper, the facilitators provided inputs to include: nutrition program management, investing in nutrition, and simulation exercises in the formulation of BNAP.  Resource persons of the activity were from NNC Nutrition Officer II Aldrin Atienza, Agusan del Sur PNAO Laniebelle Angchangco, and San Francisco OIC-MNAO Charlaine Ayessa Rubillos.

Attending the planning-workshop are members of the Barangay Nutrition Committee to include the Barangay Chairperson, Sangguniang Barangay Committee on Health and Nutrition, and the barangay nutrition scholar.

In his message, San Francisco Mayor Hon. Solomon Rufila emphasized the importance of integrating the BNAP in the Local Development Plan and the Annual Investment Program so that nutrition related interventions are budgeted.  Additionally, he expressed his full support to nutrition program implementation for the betterment of the Municipality of San Francisco. #ASAtienza