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GMAKF feeding program serving 433 children beneficiaries in Quezon City
In response to the mitigation of malnutrition in the country, the GMA Kapuso Foundation conducts its bi-annual 120- day Feeding Program entitled “Give-A-Gift: Feed a Child” project.
For this year, the GMA Kapuso Foundation in cooperation with the National Nutrition Council, chose to serve 3 Barangays in Quezon City. The City ranked third in the consolidated 2008 Operation Timbang (OPT) results of the National Capital Region as having the 3rd highest incidence of malnutrition found in children in the region. The launching of the Give-A-Gift: Feed A Child was held in a covered court in Barangay Gulod in Quezon City on the 26th day of March 2009. 133 children beneficiaries in Brgy. Fairview, 100 children in Bry. Capri and another 200 children in Brgy. Gulod will be provided with the recommended high protein diet for the duration of the program. All 433 children beneficiaries will be monitored as they successfully attain the normal weight required for their age.
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