SIX non-government organizations (NGOs) in the Central Visayas forged a partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to provide hot meals to malnourished children.
More than 1,300 children will be served by the DSWD and Akap Bata-Cebu, Rotary Club of Metro Bogo, Zenith Foods Corp., La Consolacion College in Bais City, Negros Occidental, Sto. Tomas College in Danao City and La Consolacion College in Lilo-an town in northern Cebu.
The DSWD will provide 20,000 kilos of iron-fortified rice while the NGO partners will shoulder the other requirements needed by the program.
The feeding program will be conducted to 2- to 12-year-old malnourished children outside day care centers in the identified barangays in 120 to 200 days.
Other than these NGOs, private schools and civic groups, DSWD is also partnering with the Rep. Eduardo Gullas to provide feeding to 200 malnourished pre-schoolers outside day care centers in Talisay City, southern Cebu.