BUTUAN CITY - About 989 pupils are set to benefit from a three-month feeding program in Mindanao which kicked off last November 21.

These pupils are from the Davao Oriental Batch 2 four-month feeding program of the Kiwanis International of Golden Tagum, in coordination and participation with the Department of Education (DepEd)-Davao Oriental Division and the Philippine Army's 28th Infantry Battalion.

The Batch 2 schools of said program includes Elementary Schools of Dawan, Danao, Sanghay, Libudon, Cabuaya, Luban and Langca all of Mati City, Davao Oriental; Dugmanon, Lapu-Lapu and Maag all of San Isidro, Davao Oriental; and, Lavigan, Tagabebe, Pundaguitan, Tandang Sora and Anitap all of Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental.

President of the Kiwanis International Golden Tagum Jeffrey Mataro, said that addressing the malnutrition as early as preschool will make a huge change in the performance of a child.

"This feeding program is only supplementary to what the parents feed their child, and this will not sustain without your (parents) commitment in providing the right nutrition to your child," he said.

Mataro said the uniqueness of this feeding program lies on the strength of the six pillars, converging together in implementing and monitoring the activity.

First pillar is the school head who see to it that the program is implemented on a regular basis; second is the feeding coordinator who domestically manages the actual daily feeding; third is the PTA organization who is crucial in assisting the school in the feeding and motivating parents to undergo nutritional counseling; forth is the Division and district nurses who will distribute, motivate and collect data report from all participating school; fifth is the Philippine Army who will assist in transporting the food pack, monitor and help establish "Gulayan sa Paaralan" which is a good complimentary program to support the feeding; and lastly, the Kiwanis Club of Golden Tagum who will provide for the food pack, monitor and link the remaining five pillars.

"I thank DepEd for identify the right beneficiaries of our advocacy, and I thank the 28th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army under Lt. Col. Francisco Lorenzo Jr. for bridging us to these (beneficiaries) communities," Mataro added.

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