Cebu City – Garnering a score of 88.7%, BNS Consolacion G. Galon of Barangay Malaiba, Canlaon City bested the other eleven Barangay Nutrition Scholars vying for the 2012 Search for the Regional Outstanding Barangay Nisutrition Scholar Award.
Being the Barangay Nutrition Scholar of Barangay Malaiba since 1987, Mrs. Consolacion G. Galon has been serving the underprivileged families in the community for 26 years.
Doing her responsibilities religiously like giving counsel nutrition-related cases, weight monitoring, advising families to establish home gardens, assisting the Rural Health Midwife in the different activities of the Barangay Health Station, she achieved zero underweight and overweight among Pre-School Children in her barangay.
Mrs. Galon is known to conduct Pabasa sa Nutrisyon among mothers of malnourished pre-school children, pregnant/lactating mothers, conduct exclusive breastfeeding campaign for 0-6 months old children; and initiation of BNS Communal Vegetable Garden beside the Barangay Health Station in which products from the garden are utilized for feeding the malnourished children, pregnant/lactating mothers.
Despite her minimal honorarium, she enjoys working while doing house to house survey and home visits even in the very remote sitios of Mala-iba.
Ms. Consolacion G. Galon will receive the 2012 Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar trophy and a cash award.
A Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) is a barangay-based nutrition volunteer tasked to care for the malnourished of the barangay, mobilize the community to improve its nutrition situation and link services to the vulnerable groups of the community. The BNS is also a member of the Barangay Nutrition Committee and the Community Health Team. The Search for the Regional Outstanding BNS is done by the inter-agency Regional Evaluation Team that aims to assess the performance of the BNS and recognize those with exemplary performance in the delivery of basic nutrition and related services in his/her barangay.// DFB
