Abra council raises funds for indigent families

by Maritess Benas

Bangued, Abra (21 November) — The Provincial Nutrition Council (PNC) is embarking on a fund-raising activity through the conduct of “Bingo Social” on November 27, 2009 to help the poor in the province.

The Bingo Social will be conducted at the Provincial Capi8tol Atrium at 3:00 in the afternoon. Proceeds of the game will be used to procure breeder goats for dispersal to the indigent families identified by the PNC based on their record of the malnourished children in the province.

The breeder goats will be distributed for free to the indigent families for livelihood purposes to augment the limited family income.

Relative to this, PNC members have reported their performances during their last quarterly planning-meeting. The Department of Education according to their representative, Ms. Brenda Bernardino reported their continuing distribution of one kilo of rice per child since the year 2007 up to the present.

Aside from the rice distribution, the Social Welfare and Development Office also has its early start feeding program which is participated by the parents and teachers. Popularly called “hot meal” for the pre-school of in the Day Care Centers, the allocation of the hot meal is P12.00 per child per day.

On the other hand, the rural health units (RHUs) administer the ferrous sulfate.

The Department of Agriculture through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) distributes vegetable seeds for backyard gardening to the parents of the Day Care pupils to augment the limited family income and for self-sufficiency in food.

The implementation of the intensive backyard gardening will be supervised by the OPAG and is set to start on November 25 at the Bangued Town Proper. (PIA-Abra)