Leonardia Couple Award OFN Mothers

    More than one hundred mothers from four barangays in Bacolod City will complete today, July 12, 2005 the three sessions of family and child nutrition education, Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, chair of the Bacolod City Gender and Development (GAD) Council said.
     Bacolod Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia and wife, Elsa Leonardia are the guests of honor during the completion rites at the BAY Center this afternoon to give out the certificates of completion to the mothers.
     Bacolod City is one of the cities identified by Nestle Philippines and the Association of Municipal Health Officers of the Philippines (AMHOP) as project area for Operation Family Nutrition (OFN), Batapa-Sigue said.
     The project dubbed as Operation: Family Nutrition (OFN), started last May 2005 was conducted for the mothers in Barangays Villamonte, Banago, Tangub, and Handumanan with the Bacolod City Gender and Development (GAD) Council as co-implementer. Romulo Maguyon of AMHOP facilitated the program.
     The topics include proper but affordable nutrition for the family and children, health education for pregnant and lactating mothers, breastfeeding and budget tips. The program was enlivened by the presentation of short "telenovelas" about the topic (CMO-PIO)

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