Cebu City – On the 11th of March 2022, a 3-member team of NNC 7 mentored health and nutrition personnel of Mandaue City. The technical team was composed of NO III Nasudi Soluta, ND II Franz Cassandra Ontina, and NO I Gab Flores. Present during the activity were CNPC Josephine J. Aninon, and NO III Minerva S. Santilla.
The team reviewed the City Nutrition Action Plan aside from the Barangay Nutrition Action Plans of the 27 barangays of this highly urbanized city in the province of Cebu. The activity also served as an orientation session for the newly hired staff and re-oriented some old ones. There was also an information-sharing from the side of the LGU that proved useful in telling a story on where the LGU is in their efforts towards nutrition.
Shared to the team were concepts on prioritizing nutrition and local development planning, investment programming and budgeting; Mandanas-Garcia Supreme Court ruling; and influencing the city mayor and the entire leadership for to invest in nutrition. The 2021 performance of the LGU was also reviewed using the MELLPI Pro tool of which the results served as basis for recommendation by the team on areas for improvement.
Compliance of the suggestions actions shall be done by the team after a given period and will be further assessed during the annual monitoring and evaluation of the local level program implementation (MELLPI) of the LGUs for the year.
LGU mentoring is a regular activity of NNC 7 that involves guiding and mentoring local governments in Central Visayas to enhance the knowledge and skills of nutrition personnel on nutrition program management. // NO I Gab Flores, RND