Nutrition month celebration of Escalante City opened one day ahead as it was launched during the annual fiesta of brgy. Alimango, home barangay of Mayor beboy Yap on June 30, 2010. A feeding activity was conducted to hundreds of children of the said barangay.
It was then followed by a massive education drive across the 21 barangays from the 2nd week to the 3rd week of July stressing the importance of good nutrition among kids and family. A number of malnourished children were being monitored by the city’s Nutrition council.
Mayor Beboy Yap believes that celebrating nutrition month should not be costly and extravagant. What we need is a sustainable program that is cost-efficient and will truly address our malnutrition problems.
As the celebration wrapped up, the celebration culminated with various activities such as Healthy Baby and Cooking Contest on July 30, 2010 at Escalante Central Elementary School which was spearheaded by the City Health Office which is under its new department head, Dr. Lolita Legaspi and participated in by different barangays.
-City Tourism and Information Office
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment