Fresh start for Parañaque residents

MANILA, Philippines - Residents of barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque City will participate in a vegetable growing contest to employ the skills that they learned from “Making Food Go Further:  Mitiga-ting Hunger and Ensuring Future Resilience and Stronger Households (FRESH) in the Philippines ” project.

The project will be undertaken by Kraft Philippines and the Save The Children Foundation, in collaboration with the Parañaque City government through its agriculture office, health office, and its nutrition division, planning office, Parañaque DSWD, Youth and Sports Development Office, San Dionisio and BF Homes Barangay Health Units, BF and San Dionisio Barangay Government Units, and the Department of Education Division of Parañaque City Schools.

“This project is not only a way for realizing money savings and food security but also a means to promote ‘eating vegetables for a balanced diet’ to combat malnutrition in children. It is our hope that after five months of working together and seeing the benefits of the project, the participants will continue to tend their vegetable gardens,” says Parañaque City Mayor Jun Bernabe.

The contest will start on July 12.