8 November 2021, Cagayan de Oro City – The National Nutrition Council X through Nutrition Officer I Liezel Joy D. Reyes provided assistance to Valencia City as one of the resource persons during the 2-day “Webinar- Workshop on Nutrition Management in Emergencies and Disasters for Local Service Providers” on 4-5 November 2021. A total of 133 participants attended the said webinar-workshop. Participants were composed of Punong Barangays, Barangay Kagawads, Barangay Nutrition Scholars, City Nutrition Program Coordinators and staff from the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, City Social Welfare and Development Office and City Health Office.

NO I Liezel Joy D. Reyes discussed the Overview of the eLearning Course on Nutrition in Emergencies and Information Management.The rest of the modules and sessions were discussed by select Valencia City Nutrition Cluster members and Nutrition Office staff who were trained during the Training on NiE-IM pilot run conducted last 8 September to 21 October 2020.

In totality, the activity aims to activate the Barangay Nutrition Clusters in the 31 barangays of the city and to capacitate the members of the said Clusters on the different phases on NiE-IM. The barangay nutrition committees formulated their Barangay Nutrition Cluster Plan as their workshop output. (NO I Liezel Joy D. Reyes)