Feeding Program 2024

Consolacion Daycare Center Feeding Program

The Supplementary Feeding Program aims to improve and maintain the nutritional status of children enrolled in child development centers or in supervised neighborhood play by providing augmentation support for feeding and intensifying nutrition and health education for 120 days.

The provision of food in addition to the regular meals to currently enrolled day care children/supervised neighborhood play as part of the DSWD’s contribution to the Early Child Care and Development (ECCD) Program of the government and severely underweight pupils from kinder to Grade 6 of DepEd.

*What is the purpose of the feeding program?
-School feeding programs (SFP) work to alleviate child hunger, improve child nutrition and cognitive development, and provide cash for families.

*What are the feeding programs in the Philippines?
-The School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) is one intervention to address undernutrition of school children. The Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) partners with various organizations to implement the SBFP.

*What is the goal of the feeding program in a barangay?
-Feeding programs alleviate hunger, enhances nutrition, and supports healthy child and family development.

*Is feeding program helpful?
-There is strong evidence of feeding programmes aiding the physical development of children at a critical time, helping the child at a time when they are developing physically, and evidence suggests such programmes can improve overall micronutrient status and reduce the prevalence of anaemia in primary school-aged.

*Why is the feeding program important in the Philippines?
-In the Philippines, FEED is working to improve the nutritional status of young children; promote access to education through various forms of educational support; encourage healthy behaviors by providing training on water, sanitation and hygiene; and empower families and communities to overcome poverty and become self.

*What is the advantage of feeding?
-Breastfeeding can help protect babies against some short- and long-term illnesses and diseases. Breastfed babies have a lower risk of asthma, obesity, type 1 diabetes, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Breastfed babies are also less likely to have ear infections and stomach bugs.

*Why is nutrition and feeding important?
-Most people know good nutrition and physical activity can help maintain a healthy weight. But the benefits of good nutrition go beyond weight. Good nutrition can help: Reduce the risk of some diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, stroke, some cancers, and osteoporosis.

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