Our City have maintained outstanding program implementation of various Health and Nutrition Program foremost through primary action/strategies in the rehabilitation of malnourished children which is the conduct of Supplemental Feeding Program through “Adopt a Barangay Project” of the City Nutrition Committee and the conduct of Nutrition Education among parents and care givers focusing “TEN KUMAINMENTS” and the “TUTUK KAINAN “ in the promotion of the FIRST 1000 DAYS of a CHILD’s LIFE.
The Gender and Development (GAD) Focal Point System of Cauayan City, Isabela upheld annual allocation for this drive targeting Barangay with High Risk of Malnourished Prevalence in the City with at least 25 Pre-School Children, which aims to;
-To rehabilitate and maintain normal nutritional status of twenty-five (25) Underweight/Severely Underweight children below five years- beneficiaries at the end of the four (4) months feeding program.
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEME AND SUSTAINABILITY
-The City Nutrition Office will tap 25 UW and SUW including indigent Pre-School Children for the 120 days Supplementary Feeding Program utilizing the Gender and Development (GAD) of the City Government Unit. Subsequently a meal plan from the City Nutrition Office for the rehabilitation program will be charted. The daily feeding will be conducted with the assistance of Barangay Nutrition Committee (BNC, BNAO, BNS, BHW).
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Monthly weighing shall be conducted with documentations and progress report to be submitted to the City Nutrition Committee and GADFPS after the termination completion of the project.
