Thursday, August 07, 2008
Negrense kids avail of food-for-school program
MORE than 15,000 preschool and grade one pupils in Negros Occidental availed of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's food-for-school program.
Records from the Department of Education (DepEd) Provincial Schools Division revealed that there were 15,791 grade one pupils and 127 pre-elementary kids who availed of the supplementary feeding of the government designed to fight hunger under the government's program to fight poverty with the theme "Labanan ang Kahirapan."
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DepEd clinic in-charge Sheryl Escanlar said the figure represents 184 schools in 17 districts of the province implemented from March 26 to April 11 this year.
Total rice distributed were 582,225 kilograms or 11, 645 bags, costing P11.8 million.
Schools that availed of the program include Candoni with 18 schools, Toboso with 14, Calatrava I - one, Calatrava II- two, Cauayan I -14, Cauayan II - 25, E.B. Magalona - two, Ilog I - 13, Ilog - 12, Isabela I - two, Moises Padilla - seven, Murica I -13, Murcia II - 14, Pontevedra I- 9, Pontevedra II - 12, Escalante I - 14 and Escalante II - 12.
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