DSWD Eastern Visayas’ Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) in collaboration with the Human Resource Welfare Section (HRWS), Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), and Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP), spearheaded a culminating program for the National Nutrition Month Celebration last July 25, 2022.
Anchored on the theme, “New normal na nutrisyon, sama-samang gawan ng solusyon!”, this year’s celebration calls for a strengthened nutrition interventions and solidarity towards nutrition improvement as the country shifts towards the new normal.
The Nutritionist Dietician Association of the Philippines (NDAP) set up a Nutrition Asessment and Counseling Booth where the participants were assessed of thier nutritional status through thier Body Mass Index.
Meanwhile, local nutrition products from La Paz, Palo and Tacloban City, Leyte were exhibited and sold to interested participants.
The activity was graced by the National Nutrition Program Coordinator Dr. Catalino Dotollo Jr. of the National Nutrition Council Region 8, DSWD Regional Director Grace Subong, Assistant Regional Director (ARD) for Administration Clarito Logronio, ARD for Operations Natividad Sequito and SFP Head Pauline Liza Nadera.
