San Juan, Siquijor – The San Juan municipality reorganized their Municipal Nutrition Committee with a new set of elected officials. Before the reorganization, they conducted a 2-day Nutrition Program Management training on 20-21 December 2022.

In the pipeline is the MNC’s plan to reconstitute the 15 Barangay Nutrition Committee and capacitate the members of both the MNC and BNC with an understanding of Nutrition Program Management.

The training was participated by more than 10 members of MNC, the Barangay Captains; Barangay Kagawad on Health; Barangay Secretaries; Barangay Treasurers, and Barangay Nutrition Scholars of the 15 barangays of the municipality. With the recurrence of stunting and other forms of malnutrition in town, the newly organized MNC intends to deepen the awareness of the members on the phases of the nutrition program management to all members of the committees from the municipal down to the barangay level.

Aside from the contents of the NPM module, Investing in Nutrition with Results was also presented in the said training. The presentation was very helpful in giving a visual picture of the impact of malnutrition, especially stunting, and the influence of investing in nutrition in plummeting the prevalence of stunting in some LGUs of the country.

NPM Training was a success through the efforts and commitment of San Juan MNC spearheaded by its Chair and Mayor Hon. Wilfredo Q. Capundag Jr, MNAO Dr. Ruel Quisel, and MNPC Ms. Hazel Mae Manginsay. // ND II Grace E. Adolfo, RND