CEBU CITY-- The Philippine Carabao Center-Ubay Stock Farm (PCC-USF) and the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-RFO7) and the Department of Education (DepEd)-Carcar City Division joined the ‘milk toasting’ event at the Carcar City Elementary School to kick-off the 10-day milk feeding program in Cebu Province, a component of the school-based feeding program under the Masustansyang Pagkain para sa Batang Pilipino Act or RA 11037.
DA-7 regional technical director Joel Elumba expressed full support to the program especially in this time of pandemic, where food must always be available and accessible as this is the essence of the World Food Day celebration every October 16 of every year.
PCC-USF through the Lamac Multi-purpose
Cooperative (LMPC) in Pinamungahan, Cebu inked an agreement with the different
DepEd school divisions in Cebu to supply the needed milk packs intended for the
milk feeding in various schools in the province.
"The agreement entered with DA-PCC, LMPC and DepEd will improve the livelihood and increase the income of our dairy farmers," PCC-USF representative Jovilyn Traya said.
According to Nezza Rianne Saraรฑa, Carcar City's School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) Focal Person said that the milk feeding will benefit 4,672 learners from kindergarten to elementary who are undernourished.
"These learners we selected for the milk feeding are those that are wasted (S) and severely wasted (SW). Some of these children are not used to drinking fresh milk (from carabao's milk), so we encourage them to drink half of the ration or small intake at a time to avoid lactose intolerance," Saraรฑa added.
Saraรฑa explained that providing them with milk will eventually develop and improve their nutritional status and school performance. (Photos: DA-7)
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