The Vice Mayor’s Office (VMO) is providing free milk packs to undernourished children in various barangays in Davao City through its “Makulay ang Buhay: Supplementary Feeding Program.”
Now in its third month of implementation, the program aims to help 360 undernourished children aged 3 to 6 years old children of barangays Crossing Bayabas, Lubogan, Binugao, Daliao, Dalag, Talomo River, Bago Gallera, Mapula, Ilang, Buhangin Proper, and Leon Garcia.
“We are giving milk packs that will be consumed daily by our beneficiaries aged 3 to 6 years old undernourished children. As per specific day of giving nourishing milk packs, our Barangay Nutritionist Scholars (BNS) deliver the supply of milk packs to the parents of the children,” Vice Mayor J. Melchor Quitain Jr. told Edge Davao.
The BNS will also conduct monthly monitoring of their weight to oversee the development of the said children.
“Together with our Barangay Nutritionist Scholars (BNS), I will conduct monthly monitoring of weight for our children and distribution of milk packs for them to drink every week,” Quitain said.
Launched in November last year, the program will run for 180 days or until April 2023 and this is to ensure that the children’s weight has improved.
This is in partnership with Unilever Philippines and Kabisig ng Kalahi. VMO also teamed up with the City Health Office (CHO), City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), and the City Mayor’s Office (CMO).
