Food for School Program
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WHAT is FSP?
It is an immediate intervention in a form of food subsidy to address hunger among poor families through their children who will be given a daily ration of one kilo of rice for a specific period of time giving a poor family an assured rice on its table everyday.
WHY is FSP needed?
For hunger mitigation among poor families and improve school attendance of children
WHO is it intended for?
Poor families through their children enrolled in public elementary schools , DepEd supervised preschools and day care centers
WHO is DSWD working with to implement this project?
DepEd, National Food Authority (NFA), National Nutrition Council (NNC), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and Local Government Units (LGUs)
WHO can be contacted with regards to this program/project?
Monina Pechon (link to directory of officials) – Focal person on children
WHEN did this project start?
In 2006
WHERE is this project implemented?
In four (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Romblon and Palawan) of the five provinces of MIMAROPA covering 35 municipalities in 1,099 day care centers
HOW does one avail of this program/service/project?
Children in selected municipalities have to be enrolled for the school year
WHAT have we accomplished so far?
35,702 children of poor families were served for school year 2008-2009
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