UPDATE ON THE PARISH FEEDING PROGRAM

Last May 08, 2009, the Parish Feeding Program started with 60 malnourished children from different areas in the Parish as beneficiaries. These children were selected by the Barangay Nutrition Council thru its Brgy. Nutrition Scholar (BNS) in coordination with the Municipal Social Welfare Office and Municipal Nutrition Action Officer of Binan, Laguna. The organizers of the program is using the approach and techniques provided by the Department of Social Welfare & Development (DSWD) Region IV-A on a per module basis composed of the required manpower complements for the food preparations, marketing, meal menu and even the education/formation of the parents beneficiaries.

The facilities of the Parish Hall serves as the official kitchen area of the program while the covered court of the Pedro H. Escueta Memorial School in Garcia Subdivision is chosen as the official feeding venue of the program given the proximity of the place and convenience on the part of the beneficiaries. The venue is also a good site for the available space for the Gulayan sa Bakuran project of the program which will be launched this June 2009 for the benefit of the parent’s beneficiaries.

The feeding program is on a daily basis Monday to Friday at 4:00 in the afternoon. This coming June 2009 various sub-programs within the project itself will be launched with the assistance of other private and government agencies that will complement the very purpose of the program which include the following:
• Gulayan ni San Antonio (container and backyard gardening project)
• Nutrition Education Program to be led by the Municipal Nutrition Action Officer of MSWD
• Kabuhayan 101-a livelihood education and training program to be led by the professors and students of the College of Business Administration of St. Michael’s College of Laguna.

Also, this coming school year, the organizers will start to accept student volunteers thru the Bayanihan sa Parokya Project as part of the community service awareness campaign of the program wherein they will be given exposures and hands on experience on every aspect of the program from food preparations to parent’s education and training activities. For those who are interested to join you may contact the following numbers:
049-511-7895 (Parish Office)
0932-222-9711 (Feeding Program Secretariat)