One of the City’s goals is to make every young learner to become healthy in both mind and body. Due to the pandemic, classes and all social gatherings are strictly prohibited. And this made the implementation even more difficult particularly to the Day Care Workers.
After the declaration of lockdown last March, the City Social Welfare and Development Office through its Day Care Workers continued the city’s 9th Cycle of the Supplementary Feeding Program among the 1130 enrolled Child Development Center pupils.
“Our work starts at six in the morning in which I and my fellow CDC workers acquire the vegetables and meat to be used in today’s menu. Afterwards, our assigned parents will assist us in preparing the food for the children to be delivered in their houses.” Brgy. VI Day Care Worker Caroline Gascon said.
“As we deliver their daily supplementary food in their respective houses, significant changes were also seen to our young learners such as increase in height and weight,” Teacher Gascon added.
The SFP aims to improve and sustain the nutritional status of every CDC pupil especially those who are undernourished. It also helped the Children and their parents or caregivers to adopt healthy lifestyle for their family.
Basically, the said feeding program is 120 days that provides hot meals for CDC pupils under LGU-run Child Development Centers or formerly known as Day Care Centers. Early this year, the City Health Office recorded 1.22% Underweight, 2.59% Stunting and 0.29% Wasting along 0 to 59 months.