30 June 2006
LEGAZPI CITY—AN OFFICIAL of the National Nutrition Council in Bicol pushed aside poverty as the main cause of malnutrition in the region, saying the problem lies more in how housewives prepare food for the family.
“Bicol is not that poor. We have abundance of food supply, like rice and root crops. But there is something wrong with how mothers cook and how the family menu is planned,” Joselita Armea, NNC Bicol regional director, said during Wednesday’s review and evaluation of the implementation of the Bright Child Project (BCP) of the government.
Armea said that under the BCP, they have been teaching mothers how to prepare the right kind of food for the family.
The BCP was given life by Executive Order 286, an act promulgating a comprehensive policy and a national system for early childhood care and development, which President Macapagal-Arroyo signed on Feb. 23, 2004.
Ms Arroyo also allocated P5 million in seed money for a campaign promoting the BCP and also for the initial implementation of its programs.
The implementation of this program was prioritized in areas tagged nutritionally depressed. Ephraim Aguilar, PDI Southern Luzon Bureau
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