By Dawn Marie F. Cabigon | Founder
Brothers Ronald and Rommel , are two of the thirty (30) beneficiaries of the #ProjectBaon program launched in Barangay Tarece, San Carlos City Pangasinan last June.
Here’s a report from our Program Coordinator direct from the field: (See English translation below)
“Si Ronald po ay bunso sa 3 magkakapatid. Ang kanyang Ama ay magsasaka at nagkakaroon lamang ng kita tuwing magtatanim at mag aani. Ang kanyang Ina naman po ay sa bahay lang gumagawa ng kaing para makatulong sa gastusin. Silang magkakapatid po ay nag-aaral sa publikong paaralan. Madalas po hirap talaga sila pagdating sa pagkain,baon sa skul at lalo na tuwing sila’y magkaksakit.
Si Ronald ay kulang sa nutrisyon dahil hindi sapat ang kanilang pagkain sa bahay. Madalas noodles at tuyo ang kanilang ulam dahil iyon lang kaya ng kanilang budget. Kapag tag-ulan halos walang kita ang kanyang mga magulang dahil walang kawayan na maaring gawing kaing at kapag nakatapos ng magtanim ilang buwan pa bago sila kumita kailangan pang antayin ang panahon ng anihan.
Kaya may mga panahon na hindi sila nakakakain ng 3 beses sa ilang araw.Malaki ang pasasalamat ng kanyang mga magulang na nakasama silang dalawang magkapatid na si Rommel sa beneficiaries ng Reach Out and Feed Philippines. Sa halos magdadalawang buwan na itinakbo ng programa ay nadagdagan ang kanilang mga timbang. Sa tulong din ng Feeding Program ay natutulungan din sila sa kanilang Academics sa pamamagitan ng araw araw na pag-aaral at pagtuturo.”
“Ronald is the youngest of 3 kids. His dad is a farmer and only gets an income in times of harvest. His mom is a housewife and weaves fruit baskets made of bamboo strips to help out with their family expenses. Providing the daily school meals or baon is one major difficulty of his parents in sending him and his siblings to school everyday.
Ronald is undernourished due to the food usually served in their household. Their daily meal would usually consist of instant noodles and rice OR rice and dried fish – that is all his parents can afford. Worst is that during the rainy season, his parents would almost have zero income for weeks and months, as there are no bamboo strips available to make the fruit baskets, and they would wait for months for the next harvest time.
These are also the times when Ronald and his siblings would eat less than 3x a day.
The parents of Ronald and Rommel is thankful that they are now a beneficiary of Reach Out and Feed Philippines. Their weight has increased in the last two months of being part of the program. They are improving in their academics as well in school!”
-Xenia Vergara-Diez, Program Coordinator,
Barangay Tarece, San Carlos City Pangasinan
We are pleased to report that since the start of school year 2016-2017 last June, Reach Out and Feed Philippines have already launched 3 full time Feeding locations and 2 Outreach locations as follows:
List of Full time feeding locations, with daily provision of school meals from Monday-Friday
1. Barangay Tarece, Pangasinan with 30 beneficiaries
2. Taytay Elementary School with 40 beneficiaries
3. Pinesville, Taytay Rizal with 30 kids
List of Outreach locations, Once a week feeding activity. (Awaiting funding to convert to full time feeding locations)
1. Bicol Adjangao with 40 beneficiaries
2. Barangay Dolores Taytay Rizal with 30 beneficiaries
The team would love to increase the beneficiaries per location as we receive sufficient funding. Moreover, Five more feeding locations with qualified beneficiaries are still lined up, awaiting funding to launch.
No help is small when put together, we can all create a lasting impact in the lives of these Filipino children and give them a better chance for the future. We do seek your support as we complete the funding this school year to complete the target number of Feeding locations.
Again, our big thanks to all of you, our friends and partners in this advocacy as we all make a contribution in fighting malnutrition in the Philippines - one child at a time
On behalf of the #ProjectBaon team,
Dawn Marie F. Cabigon
Founder, Reach Out and Feed Philippines Inc.
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