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Malabon wins big in Nutrition NCR awards

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Malabon City’s efforts and commitment to proper nutrition—which is fundamental to the empowerment of healthy, productive constituents and communities—has again received meritorious citations from the National Nutrition Council-NCR.

For the second straight year, Malabon bagged top accolades in the following categories: Very Satisfactory in Nutrition Program Management, LGU with Continuous Improvement in Nutrition Program Management, and Best LGU in Resource Generation and Mobilization.

The awards were received by Mayor Antolin “Lenlen” Oreta III and his wife, City Nutrition Action Officer Chef Melissa Sison-Oreta during the recent awarding rites held at The Heritage Hotel Manila.

The solid commitment and support by all Malabonians and various stakeholders are key to the success of the City’s nutrition and dietary feeding program.

While much remains to be done, Mayor Oreta said Malabon is keen to move forward, optimistic of meeting its goals to make health and nutrition accessible to all its citizens.

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“This triumph of Malabon is a big honor for all of us. It symbolizes Malabonians’ collective efforts and commitment and that we are successfully winning our fight against childhood malnutrition,” said Oreta.

To promote healthy cooking/eating habits and nutritious food choices, Malabon First Lady Chef Melissa Sison-Oreta designed a 90-Day Feeding Program which piloted in 2016 in Barangay Catmon.

With the help of volunteers and generous support of private sponsors, hundreds of children benefitted from the first phase of the campaign.

Each Barangay Nutrition Scholar was made to undergo a short Culinary Course to equip them with basic cooking skills in making food choices that are nutritious and affordable.

From this effort, they led a team of lady volunteers in cooking the daily meals to feed the malnourished children and pregnant mothers.

The supplemental feeding program continued and further extended to other barangays by year 2017. The program fed 1,011 under five year old children and 29 nutritionally at risk pregnant women.

All beneficiaries were rehabilitated from their nutritional status and continuously monitored during Garantisadong Pambata program, post-natal checkups and/or during their immunization at their respective local health centers.

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