ON September 6, 40 barangay health workers, nutrition scholars, and representatives from the Sipalay City Nutrition Office gathered at the Barangay Mambaroto Gym in Sipalay City for their first team building and final orientation under TraNSCEnd Hunger, a program focused on the training of barangay nutrition scholars and health workers to end hunger.
Communities First Executive Director Kath Maguad discussed the goals of the program, as well as the calendar of upcoming activities to the participants.
She also announced that though the pilot program had originally been planned for only 20 participants, that number was doubled because the organizers saw the need to train more health workers to support more barangays.
Maguad then did a question and answer session with the participants so they could clarify any questions they had with the organizers.
Afterward, Yols Hortillosa, co-founder of BMBC–Bacolod Mom and Baby Club, gave a primer on the breastfeeding peer counselor training that the participants would be undergoing on October 1 to 2.
She also discussed what the roles of a breastfeeding peer counselor were and how their skills would be needed especially in times of disaster to support the most vulnerable members of their community–the babies and the children.
To cap off the event, Community Facilitator Valirie Haguisan conducted an activity for the health workers to get to know each other better.
Through the activity, the participants were reminded that no matter what their backgrounds were, each of them could make a positive impact on the lives that they touched on a daily basis.(PR)