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Public Information Office-City Mayor's Office
REF. NO-0804-0015
August 24, 2004

City launches feeding program for schoolers

    Schoolchildren in the City of Bacolod will now avail of the locally formulated protein-rich meal called INSUMIX.
     To be led by Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia, the INSUMIX Feeding Program for pupils of A. Bonifacio Elementary Schools I and II will be launched on Wednesday, August 25, 2004.
     Urban Basic Services Division (UBSD) head Ms. Teresa Galon disclosed the launching rites will be also graced by Mrs. Elsa Leonardia, who will join Mayor Leonardia in administering the feeding to some six hundred (600) identified malnourished schoolchildren. Mayor and Mrs. Leonardia will be assisted by UBSD personnel and the faculty members of ABES I and II.
     The supplemental feeding program is part of the nutrition program of UBSD to reduce the incidence of malnutrition and overweight among pre-schoolers and schoolchildren in Bacolod City. It uses INSUMIX, an indigenous nutrition supplement of mixed monggo, rice and sesame seeds. *(CMO-PIO/jmi)

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