NFA starts fortifying rice for 10,000 school children in Samar

By Ninfa B Quirante

Catbalogan, Samar (28 September) — The National Food Authority (NFA) Samar has started fortifying rice with iron to be distributed to the ten thousand school children beneficiaries in Samar.

In a telephone interview with Evarista Beros of NFA Samar, she said that this rice is still a part of the Food for School Program that started in the year 2005.

“We are just waiting for the authority to distribute,” said Manager Francisca Mercado

Of the 10,005 schoolchildren-beneficiaries, 5, 859 are in Daram 1 and 2; 2, 104 for Zumarraga; 983 for San Jose de Buan; and 1,059 for Matuginao.

These include school children enrolled in Pre-Elementary up to Grade three, added NFA.

The rice ration is good for 140 days but the initial distribution will provide for some 48 days yet, NFA explained.

Another upcoming distribution, according to Ms Mercado is the DSWD’s provision for Day Care children.

Food for School Program is a project of PGMA to fight hunger and malnutrition in the country.

It started with grade one pupils, then expanded to grade three and day care kids.

However, the present FSP presently has been concentrated with poor municipalities with malnutrition prevalence. (PIA-Samar) [