Butuan City- Soledad B. Garcia of Brgy. Baan Km. 3 is the City’s Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar (OBNS) of Butuan City and contender to the regional search for the OBNS shared her appreciation to the support given by the Barangay Nutrition Committee in the nutrition program implementation.
The message was shared by BNS Garcia during the Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony held on 20 December at LJ Mega Convention Hall, Butuan City.
She mentioned of a high number of malnourished children in her barangay in the previous years but because of the support provided by the BNC, Brgy. Baan Km. 3 recorded a zero malnourished child this year.
Brgy. Baan Km. 3 is Chaired by ABC President Gemma P. Tabada who is active in pushing the welfare of good nutrition for children and the whole community. BNS Garcia relayed that during the Chairpersonship of Hon. Tabada policies are aggressively passed to include ordinances on health and nutrition concerns, welfare of the constituents and health workers and implementation of the barangay nutrition action plan.
The Butuan City OBNS thanked the members of the BNC, partners like the non-government organizations and civil society organizations and the City Government of Butuan.
This year, the Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony also recognized the OBNS contenders from Cabadbaran City, Tandag City, Surigao City, Bayugan City and from the Province of Agusan del Norte.#NASLabordo