The Provincial Nutrition Council (PNC) has spearheaded the cash assistance distribution to over 900 Barangay Nutrition Scholars and City and Municipal Nutrition Action Officers in the province.
PNC headed first to the municipalities of Burgos and Bacarra yesterday, January 20, providing Php 1,550.00 cash aid each to 84 local nutrition scholars.
Meanwhile, almost a hundred nutrition scholars received their grant on the second day of distribution in Badoc, Pinili, and Currimao, earlier today.
“Nagpapasalamat po ako sa inyo sa serbisyo niyo sa ating mga bata, especially para sa mga feeding and nutrition activities. Usually, volunteer kayo at wala talagang bayad. Ngayon po, may kaunting cash assistance para sa inyo,” Governor Matthew Marcos Manotoc said.
“Sa mga statistics, nauuna ang malnutrition rate ng Ilocos Norte sa Region I. Hindi naman mataas pero ayaw natin maging number one pagdating sa malnutrition. Kaya gusto ko pong mapababa ang malnutrition rate dito sa probinsya. At kayo po ang aming kasama sa layuning ito,” he continued.
Simultaneously, the Ilocos Norte Trade and Investment Promotion Center Office, in cooperation with the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, has disseminated the “Shop-IN” gift card worth Php 1,000.00, part of its Re-Imagine to Stimulate Economy Program, to 80 persons with disabilities in Badoc and Pinili.— Blessing Angel V. Agliam, PGIN-CMO
