Narrative Report on Feeding Program

August, 2013
In order to intensify health and nutrition among
grade school children, Pinaod Central School as
spearheaded with Nutrition Coordinator in running
targeted supplementary feeding program for wasted and
severely wasted children of this school. The project which
was launched last week, August 5, 2013, aims at
reduction of acute malnutrition among grade school
children.
Mrs. Mylene Roque, one of the health coordinators of
the school, threshed-out those who were severely wasted
and wasted pupils from Grade I to Grade Vi levels. There
are 55 recipients of the program. The school provides
daily heavy lunch with MMK (Malunggay, Mongo, and
Kalabasa) as main ingredients mixed with chicken or
ground pork. The children are to be fed for 120 days
during this school year. The budget is P 12 per child per
meal. The meals are prepared by the HE teachers, and
some PTA officer, following low-cost and balanced menus
compiled by Mam Mylene. In addition, a glass of milk is
provided for each child every day at 8 oclock in the
morning.
During feeding, health care practices such as hand
washing and tooth brushing are also promoted.
NARRATIVE REPORT IN FEEDING PROGRAM
The program started on a delightful day. The whole morning, everyone was
preparing the
materials needed, setting up the venue while the others are busy in
preparing and cooking. We
are glad and lucky because the Barangay Council of the said barangay helps
us in preparing and
making this activity become successful. It is exactly 2 oclock in the
afternoon when the formal
program started.
It is heart fulfilling for us to see that the children together with their parents
are excited in
preparing themselves in the said activity. The program begins in an opening
prayer lead by Ms.
Rhodora Alejado followed by opening remarks of Mrs. Virginia Divina and
Message of
Gratitude of Brgy. Captain, represented by Councilor Arnold Rivera.
The second part of program starts in EXERCISE lead by the SPG Club and
participated
by the children. The next part of the program is the proper hand washing
lecture and
Demonstration for the children. And some orientation about malnutrition for
parents. After the
demonstration and orientation, the PTA conducted parlor games like PABITIN
wherein the
children enjoy in playing, receiving educational prices like pencils and
notebooks, also they
received food prices. And the last part of the program is feeding activity.
Everyone enjoyed and
satisfied in healthy foods that we served. After that we take pictures as a
documentation in our
accomplishment report. The said program was attended by 150 persons
consisting of children
and parents.
NARRATIVE REPORT IN FEEDING PROGRAM
Every year, in the month of July, the National Nutrition
Council lead the whole nation in the celebration of Nutrition
Month, purposely to disseminate nutrition messages to all Filipino
through a focal theme. For 2012, the theme is Pagkain ng gulay
ugaliin, araw-araw itong ihain to focus on the promotion of
vegetables and its nutritional benefits.
The PCS launching event for the Nutrition Month Celebration
will feature vegetable gardening in schools on July 2, 2012 to
emphasize the importance of eating vegetabls as part of a healty
diet. All public elem and secondary scholls are encouraged to
conduce simultatneous vegatble gardening on July 2 as well.
School administrators, teachers and non-teaching personnel
are enjoined to participate in the month long celebration by
undertaking activities which will promote vegetable consumption
and production in the schools. The activities should also highlight
the National greening program focused on poverty reduction, food
security, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and
adaptation and Gulayan sa Paaralan project by participating in
tree planting and growing activities and establishing vegetable
gardens. A feeding Program for malnourished pupils is also
highlighted in this celebration.

Abot-Alam for out-of-school

youth
The mission of the Department of Education is to protect and
promote the
right of every Filipino to quality, equitable, culture-based and
complete basic
education. One of the DepEds major vehicles in carrying out this
mission is the Kto-
12 program.
Even as the DepEd goes full gear in the implementation of this
major reform
initiative, it is also mindful of the fact that not all young learners
have ready or easy
access to school. In far-flung communities, young learners have to
walk long
distances or wade or even swim through rivers just to be able to get
to school. This is
very taxing on their young bodies and many of them ultimately lose
interest in getting
an education.
There are the children at risk on the streets, unable to go to school
because of
extreme poverty and other constraints. A large number of children
also live with their
families in off-grid communities, where they use candles and
kerosene lamps to read
and study, exposing them to eyestrain and dangerous fumes. Then
there are those who
dropped out of school in the last two decades, and who are now 15-
30 years old; many
of them have not completed high school and now want to acquire
skills to get
employed or to set up their own small business.
To address the needs of these hard-to-reach learners and to provide
them easier
access to education and other opportunities, the DepEd, in
partnership with
government and nongovernment groups, has embarked on
Programs for Last Mile
Learners. One of these is Abot-Alam (loosely translated as
Knowledge Within
Reach), a program for out-of-school youth (OSY). Various sources of
data put the
number of Filipino out-of school youth aged 15-30 at anywhere
between 3 million and
4 million.
Abot-Alam is a convergence program involving national government
agencies
under the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster of the
Cabinet.
Through the collective effort of these agencies, in partnership with
local government
units, civil society organizations, the private sector and community-
based groups,
Abot-Alam is aimed at mapping out-of-school youth and matching
them with
appropriate government, private-sector, or civil-society programs
that will give them
opportunities for education, employment and entrepreneurship.
Opportunities for education include the DepEds Alternative Learning
System
for those who prefer to finish their basic education and scholarships
for those who
want to pursue higher education. Employment opportunities are
provided under skills
training and employment programs of agencies such as Tesda
(Technical Education
and Skills Development Authority) and the Department of Labor and
Employment, in
partnership with private companies and enterprises.
Entrepreneurship opportunities
are provided by the Department of Trade and Industry and private
groups such as GO
Negosyo and microfinance institutions.
Some LGUs and civil-society organizations have programs that cut
across the
three areas of education, employment and entrepreneurship and
make these available
to the out of school youth in their respective communities.
Abot-Alam is being implemented by multisectoral alliances on the
municipality, city and provincial levels. For this nationwide
implementation, the local
alliances are led by the LGUs with support from the local DepEd
offices, the National
Youth Commission, other government agencies in the area, and civil-
society
organizations.
Additionally, there are sectors or organizations that are
implementing Abot-
Alam in specific communities or groups. For example, the Armed
Forces of the
Philippines has started implementing the program for camp
personnel as well as
household help who wish to finish high school. Some companies or
offices are also
implementing Abot-Alam for their employees who have yet to
complete their basic
education.
As of the end of December 2014, more than 100 out of school youth
have been
mapped and listed in the Abot-Alam database. More than 40 of them
have been
enrolled under various programs in education, employment and
entrepreneurship.
The success of Abot-Alam depends on:
The ability of stakeholders to put together a comprehensive,
community-level
database containing the out-of-school youths personal information,
including
their aspirations and reasons for dropping out
The availability of a wide range of programs sufficiently flexible,
responsible,
accessible and appropriate to meet out-of-school youths diverse
learning goals
The formation of a local-level multisectoral alliance to identify all
out-ofschool
youth in communities and pool resources and programs to address
their
needs
The direct and sustained participation of each citizen, who will
adopt as his/her
personal mission the task of ensuring that at least one out-of-school
youth in
his/her workplace or neighborhood gets access to the opportunities
being
provided by Abot-Alam
Success can be achieved if we, together as a nation, give it one big
push.