Balamban, Cebu – The Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team 7 (RNET 7) with its full schedule finally visits its last local government unit (Balamban, Cebu) to be checked for the annual monitoring and evaluation of local level plan implementation (MELLPI) on 24-25 June 2015 to conclude this year’s MELLPI.

The RNET has been going around Central Visayas since the last week of March monitoring local nutrition committees from its four provinces, evaluating Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholars, visiting best practice/program sites and giving technical assistance to nutrition implementers in areas visited in Region 7.

This year, the RNET with its NNC 7 secretariat has oomphed up the schedule having changed the usual one day per municipality itinerary to a two day monitoring and evaluation one, to give time for the team to not only reach destination on time but also have more time to be immersed in the community for better grasp of their nutrition situation as well as to provide ample time for technical assistance and nutrition updates for local nutrition workers.

Visiting a total of four provinces, 16 cities, 17 municipalities and 132 barangays, the team has been hard at work for the past three months in their endeavor to strengthen local nutrition committees, advocate for funding support and for designation of nutrition workers in the local level as well as providing existing local nutrition workers with technical assistance and nutrition updates for better nutrition implementation.

Next stop for the RNET? Deliberation of scores on 14 July in preparation for the Grand Nutrition Awards slated on 04 August 2015 at the Grand Convention Center of Cebu, Cebu City. //NGS