DepEd-ARMM
Secretary Dr. John Magno and Gawad Kalinga New Initiatives Head Mark Lawrence
Cruz inked a memorandum of agreement to implement the central kitchen approach
for the delivery of the school-based feeding program in six towns in the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
The
agreement entails the establishment of the central kitchen that will benefit
11,300 students in six towns that include Bongao in Tawi-Tawi, Jolo in Sulu,
Lamitan in Basilan, Taraka in Lanao del Sur and Upi and Parang in Maguindanao.
The
program will be manned by the parents, volunteers, teachers, school, and
community administrators, LGUs, private individuals, organizations, and
corporate partners to prepare for daily nutritious meals to public
schoolchildren.
Dr.
Magno said they are hoping that the pilot kitchens will eventually become
training centers for replication of the school-based feeding program throughout
the region. He said the feeding program will start on the second week of
November this year.
After
the MOA signing, DepEd-ARMM, and Gawad Kalinga key officials, and representatives
of various stakeholders signed the "wall of commitment" to show
support for the program.
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