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Day 2 was dedicated for the completion of the workbooks. RTPF and the technical staff of NNC Caraga provided one-on-one virtual technical assistance to the participants most especially in accomplishing the various project templates in the AIP costing workbooks. Participants were grouped according to their respective breakout rooms where they can privately collaborate with their key personalities in their LGUs to effectively plan for their 2021 nutrition PPAs.
Day 3 focused on the presentation of the accomplished AIP costing workbooks as well as the Re-entry Plan wherein participants share to the plenary their PPAs and their budgetary allocation for each of the programs and projects.
At the closing of the workshop, Ms. Lourdes Louella A. Escandor, the City Administrator of Tandag City, representing Tandag City Mayor Roxanne C. Pimentel, gave her inspirational message, thanking first of all the health and nutrition workers who continuously serve amidst the pandemic. She also shared the commitment of Tandag City to continue to champion for nutrition as they aim for a zero-malnutrition city.
NNC Caraga, spearheaded by OIC-NPC Retsebeth M. Laquihon, and the National and Regional Team of Planning Facilitators sincerely thank the participating LGUs for the success of the online workshop.
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September 18, 2020, Caraga Region. The Social Development Committee chaired by Mayor Kirk Asis of Bayugan City conducted its 3rd quarter teleconference meeting which was attended by the national line agencies and local government units in the region.- Details
42 LGUs from the 5 provinces of Caraga Region attended the first virtual MAC (Mentoring, Assisting and Coaching) Project facilitated by the National Nutrition Council Caraga last October 19, 2020 via Google Meet.
The virtual MAC is a provision of technical assistance regional project that aims to assist, and coach the P/C/M Nutrition Action Officers and D/C Nutrition Program Coordinators of Caraga Region to effectively implement the various nutrition programs in their respective LGUs. Spearheaded by OIC-Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Ms. Retsebeth M. Laquihon, together with the technical staff of NNC Caraga, updates were presented on the use of the eOPT with MUAC components. The participants were also refreshed on the proper use of MUAC as well as the guidelines on the proper storage and use of both MUAC for children and adults. The implementation of the Dietary Supplementation Program for Nutritionally at-risk pregnant women and children was also discusssed.
The role of Local Nutrition Action Officers and District Nutrition Program Coordinators are critical in carrying out their coordinative functions in the different phases of local nutrition program management specifically on nutrition assessment, local nutrition planning, nutrition program implementation, nutrition advocacies, resource generation activities and nutrition monitoring and evaluation, among others. Regular capacity building is needed to guide their efforts along nutrition program implementation.
MAC has been and will always be part of the regular program of the NNC Caraga to further capacitate all nutrition and health workers in order to facilitate effective implementation of the nutrition programs in their respective LGUs.
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September 18, 2020 Sibagat, Agusan del Sur. NNC Caraga conducted Nutriskwela Community Radio monitoring of Radyo Kaagapay DXCN 107.3 to ensure continuous operation of the Nutriskwela Community Radio in Sibagat, ADS. Radyo Kaagapay Station Manager Ms. Elizabeth Badajos together with MNO staff Ms. Rovelyn Montino and Radio Station Technician Mr. Nissan Justo shared with the NNC monitoring team their station's updates on health and nutrition programs and the boost on COVID-19 updates on-air. They also highlighted their approved plan on moving to a new radio station building just within the municipal complex. They also shared the recent agreement made between Radyo Kaagapay and Department of Education for the new teaching modality for the benefit of the students --- a good opportunity for nutrition and health advocacy for the youth. The monitoring team also delivered IEC materials for the use of the station on their nutrition advocacies, particularly on the First 1000 Days Program.
Nutriskwela Community Radio - Radyo Kaagapay DXCN 107.3 was established in January 29, 2010, they celebrated their 10th Founding Anniversary this year. NNC Caraga sincerely thanks the LGU Sibagat headed by the Mayor Maria Loza Evangelista, Municipal Administrator Dr. Thelma Lamanilao, the officers and members of the Community Radio Council and program broadcasters for the unending support to the nutrition advocacy.
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tors, Brgy. Nutrition Scholars, and Early Warning System Core Team from the municipalities of San Francisco and Talacogon in the Province of Agusan del Sur attended the virtual refresher on Local Nutrition Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security last Oct. 13, 2020 facilitated by the National Nutrition Council Caraga.
OIC-NPC Ms. Retsebeth M. Laquihon welcomed the participants and stressed the importance of EWS toward achieving food and nutrition security thru early warning information to counter any threat either natural or human induced that may affect the ability of communities and households to obtain sufficient food.
The objective of the refresher course is to re-orient the data collectors and the EWS Core Team on the overview and mechanics of EWS-FNS program implementation, which plays a vital role on food and nutrition security thru establishing an information system. This will also prepare the EWS areas for the resumption of data collection in their respective sentinel barangays this quarter to determine the impact of COVID-19 in food and nutrition security and come up with a local food and nutrition security plan for sustainability.
Further, the EWS processes were discussed which includes key steps in data collection, analysis and interpretation as well as the importance of communicating and disseminating the data and information for nutrition program planning and decision making for food and nutrition security along its dimension on availability, accessibility, utilization and stability.
NOII Leah Vina Vargas also presented the general guidelines on the conduct of household interviews to guide the data collectors on the complete and accurate collection of data.
Agusan del Sur PNAO Laniebelle Angchangco gave her closing statement by encouraging all data collectors and NAOs to stand firm on their duty as we continue to experience the damaging effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in the implementation of health and nutrition programs.
NNC Caraga is sincerely grateful to the Municipalities of San Francisco and Talacogon in the Province of Agusan del Sur, especially the Municipal Nutrition Action Officers Ms. Mamerlyn Bugaoan of San Francisco and Mr. Eric Jay Obeรฑita of Talacogon and all the barangay data collectors, BNSs and the rest of the stakeholders who have been instrumental in the continuous implementation of the EWS-FNS in their respective localities.
Author: NOI Raphael P. Ochavo, RN
