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Cotabato City. The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE), through its Health and Nutrition Unit, began on May 21, 2021, the delivery of the commodities for the implementation of the School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) to target school beneficiaries in the different schools division offices across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.

The program aims to adhere to the provision of Iron Fortified Rice under RA 11037 to be provided to target beneficiaries every school day using the recommended cycle menu and locally available or indigenous vegetables from school gardens.

In BARMM, the government allocated funding support from its Block Grant to the SBFP for SY 2020-2021, targeting 160,000 school children all over the region for 120 feeding days.

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2ndRNC for Article

Cotabato City. The Bangsamoro Nutrition Committee conducts its 2nd quarterly meeting on June 2, 2021 held at MAFAR Conference Hall, Bangsamoro Government Center, Cotabato City. The main agenda is the presentation of key partners on the First Quarter Accomplishment Reports on RPAN's Nutrition Specific Programs and Nutrition Sensitive Programs.

The Regional Plan of Action for Nutrition 2020-2022 was launched on February 26, 2021. The reports of key ministries on the 9-nutrition specific and 17 nutrition specific interventions are important in ensuring the integrated RPAN implementation.  The BARMM Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) discussed the gaps and challenges and decide on the emerging issues and problems within the projects of RPAN. A special meeting shall be called on June 17, 2021.

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Ceremonial Pinning 2 June 2021The Philippines is the first country in Southeast Asia and the Pacific to launch the SUN Movement 3.0 strategy. The launch is a success, with almost a thousand local and international nutrition stakeholders gathered on 02 June 2021 via Zoom and Facebook Live to witness the event.

The SUN Movement is founded on the principle that all people have a right to good food and good nutrition. It brings together governments, civil society, the United Nations, donors, businesses, and academe into a collective effort to improve nutrition. The Philippines, through an NNC Governing Board resolution in 2014, approved the country’s registration to SUN. Since then, the Philippines has been continuously active in all activities of the SUN Movement and in strengthening its networks. NNC Executive Director Azucena M. Dayanghirang is an active member of the SUN Executive Committee.

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 Sun launch 3.0

MANILA, 02 JUNE 2021– The Scaling Up Movement( SUN) 3.0, the third phase of the United Nations-established movement, calls for accelerated results to eliminate all forms of malnutrition by 2030.  In the launch of the SUN 3.0 strategy in the Philippines, stakeholders from the SUN Networks including government, civil society, business sector, academe and donors committed to enhance leadership and country-ownership of nutrition actions to achieve results.

In 2014, the Philippines became the 51st country to join the SUN Movement which has now grown to include 63 countries.  The National Nutrition Council Governing Board approved the Philippine registration to the SUN Movement to gain support from other SUN member countries and international development partners, and the United Nations agencies in improving the nutrition situation of the country and in harmonizing existing strategies to ensure effective implementation in order to achieve nutrition targets.