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Bais City, Negros Oriental - It was three o’clock in the morning when father and son sipped coffee made from toasted rice as they broke the steamed cassava cake they called “balanghoy”. The flicker of flames from a gasera barely made out their faces. Hostile terrains made it difficult to install power lines. As the five-year old thin boy finished first, he asked leave so he could prepare the rice seedlings. Putting on a mantle on his head, he slipped on an old shirt that was his father’s. “I’ll wait for you at the ricefield, Tay.” He ought to have been in school but his father needed help. His thin legs dug through the miry field as he bent his back burrowing the seedlings into the fresh, muddy earth.
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Toledo City, Cebu - “We are hoping that our city will get the Green Banner for the third time and win the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN) said Hon. Jocelyn Perales, Chair, Committee on Health and member of City Nutrition Committee of Toledo City during the presentation of the City’s accomplishment to the members of the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET). The RNET evaluated Toledo City on 17-18 May 2012 to assess the city’s nutrition program implementation for 2011.The RNET conducts annual Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) of nutrition programs and selects the Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS).
NNC 7’s Nutrition Program Coordinator, Dr. Parolita A. Mission said the MELLPI aims to assess the efficiency of local level plan implementation of the nutrition program, assess changes in nutritional status of preschool & school children, determine extent to which nutrition is integrated into the local development plan and advocate for the continuing support for local nutrition program. Mission added that the RNET also evaluates the performance of the City’s nominee for Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar award.
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Bohol – A two-person monitoring team, composed of Mr. Arman Manglicmot of NPPD, NNC and Ms. Rina Ampe of FD, NNC monitored the implementation of the Promote Good Nutrition (PGN) in Bohol province on April 11 to 13, 2012.
PGN program is a component of the Accelerated Hunger-Mitigation Program (AHMP) that was started in 2007. It includes the conduct of trainings on Promotion of Good Nutrition for community-based implementers as well as distribution of a number of IEC materials promoting good nutrition particularly the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos.
Read more: NNC monitors Bohol Province for Promote Good Nutrition Implementation
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Cebu -The National Nutrition Council (NNC) ties up with the Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) for Paaralang Panghimpapawid or Nutrition School On-Air. This was confirmed by Ms. Jovita Raval, Officer-In-Charge of Nutrition Information and Education Division, NNC during the PBS Annual Management Conference held on May 9-13, 2012 at the Tambuli Beach Resort, Lapu-lapu City.
During the conference, Raval oriented the PBS Managers onPAARALANG PANGHIMPAPAWID, a campaign for good nutrition where lessons on nutrition would be aired via PBS stations nationwide. Just like in school, the student-listeners will comply with four major activities: enrolment, monitoring and evaluation thru tests, review and graduation. Listeners’ enrolment can be done thru mail or sms to the radio stations, comply with the 20 lessons, answers the midterm and final examinations via mail or sms and attend the graduation rites. Each station shall designate and train broadcasters to serve as the “teacher” and use nutrition modules developed by NNC. Local nutrition committee thru the Barangay Nutrition Scholars and Barangay Health Workers will help in the project implementation.
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Cebu City – Close to 300 individuals watched “Nutri-Chef Challenge” organized by NNC 7 thru the Media Information Network for Nutrition and Development 7 and Cebu City Nutrition Committee on 23 April 2012 at the Plaza Sugbu Cebu City. Cebu City Mayor Michael L. Rama in his message emphasized that eating vegetables is an affordable and economical way to ensure the nutritional well-being of our children.
Read more: Close to 300 spectators witnessed the Nutri-Chef Challenge
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Cebu - The Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Implemetation (MELLPI) is an Annual activitiy done by NNC 7 to evaluate the implementation of the nutrition program in the municipalities, cities and provinces within Region 7.
To improve the quality of the evaluation and to have an in-depth evaluation, NNC 7 together with the Regional Evaluation Team, organized 3 teams to visit different areas for a week.
The Regional Evaluation Team is composed of men and women from the RNC-TWG member agencies and organizations who are partners of NNC 7.
