Provincial News
Nutri-Pan sa Eskwelahan opens
Province of Guimaras inaugurates its Nutri-Pan sa Eskwelahan on April 15, 2010.
Nutri-Pan sa Eskwelahan is a bakery designed to provide fortified bread for school children. It aims to increase the energy, protein, Vit. A, iron intake of children and to improve their physical growth and physical fitness. This project helps to improve the nutrition situation of the school children and improved school performance. The bread are given to children for free.
school children taste the nutritious nutri pandesal from the Nutri-Bakery in Jordan with Gov. Nava
The project was fully realized through the provincial development fund and the PDAF of the Congressman.
“It is the first LGU in the region to fund this type of project,” said Ms Fe Suelan, Area Program Officer of the Nutrition Center of the Philippines.
She lauded the initiative of the province of Guimaras as hunger mitigating solutions to the island province.
It was noted that the nutrition status of the province of Guimaras in 2007 shows that 21.27% of school children are underweight. The result of this it the low IQ, low learning skills and low academic performance of school children.
The Nutri-pan (Bakery) has become the solution of the provincial government through the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition of which food fortification included in its program impacts. The bakery will be producing pandesal with specific standard of nutritional value to follow from the National Nutrition Council (NNC).
Tags: guimaras, national, philippines, region 6, western visayas
Thank you for starting this bread for the school program again, although are these free for all pupils or are they have to pay? The one thing I used to look forward to during recess is to buy this bread.
But after hearing all about our malnourish children in the island, I would like to suggest something, how about planting fruits and vegetables around our school grounds and we (having to live abroad) can perhaps make a regular donation of tin stuffs to cook with these produce. The nutritional benefits of Balunggay has been recognized not only by local researchers but also by international scientists. Even suggesting Balunggay as a miracle vegetable. As stated Balunggay is rich in Vits. A & C, iron and high-density lipoprotein or good cholesterol. Adding, it is also rich in calcium and has four times the calcium in milk. contains two times protein in milk,three times the potassium in bananas and four times the vitamin A in carrots. (Copy of this printed article can be emailed to you if requested)
Kapayas, okra, petchay, saging and much more can easily be grown in our school grounds preferably than erecting brick walls. We also need to encourage and educate all our parents to do same at home ground. The children itself can practice this idea at home having not to rely on any school for their good health.
I am willing and happy to organize the asking of sponsorship from our Guimarasnon people living abroad if list is provided (for convenience cp num. or email add) and if trust can be established between donors and donee.
A group of parents can be nominated each week to take turns to do the cooking at the school even if it means in a daily basis. Crockery can be borrowed from homeowners and be returned safely. Surely we can approach our negociante (big or small) to donate too. Helping each other is very vital to eradicate this problem.