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COTABATO CITY — The Lamitan City Schools Division, in collaboration with MBHTE-BARMM, has begun distributing supplies for the School-Based Feeding Program. Aimed at assisting 10,000 beneficiaries, particularly severely wasted and wasted learners from kindergarten to grade 6 across 10 recipient schools, the program provides essential items such as iron-fortified rice, coco crunch, milk, and monggo beans.
MBHTE, of the Bangsamoro government’s 15 primary ministries, stands for Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education headed by Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal. Of course, BARMM is Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
The distributed items underwent inspection by the School-Based Feeding Program Technical Working Group (SBFP TWG) to ensure their quality and suitability for the beneficiaries. The SBFP TWG has committed to closely monitoring the program’s implementation at each recipient school.
Parents and learners have positive feedback for the initiative as they expressed gratitude to MBHTE, particularly to Iqbal, for his support. Acknowledgments were extended to the Health and Nutrition section in MBHTE for their role in facilitating the program.
In conclusion, the launch of the School-Based Feeding Program marks a significant effort to address malnutrition among school-aged children in Lamitan City. The Lamitan City Schools Division extends gratitude to MBHTE their its in this endeavor.
The Bangsamoro region, established in 2018 by the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to implement the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), is made up of the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, the cities of Cotabato, Lamitan, and Marawi, as well as the Special Geographic Area’s (SGA) 63 barangays or villages that voted โYesโ in a plebiscite in February 2019 to be under the BARMM jurisdiction.
According to the Philippine Atlas BARMM has 4,404,288 people. It has 116 municipalities: Basilan, 11 municipalities; Lanao del Sur, 39; undivided Maguindanao, 36; Sulu, 19; and Tawi-Tawi, 11. Its component cities are Cotabato (the regional center and capital) in Maguindanao; Lamitan in Basilan; and Marawi in Lanao del Sur. ย (โ)