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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO.
644 - DIRECTING THE ACCELERATION OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOL
FEEDING PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON
MINDANAO |
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Health
The Secretary of National Defense
The Secretary of Local Government and
Community Development
The Secretary of Economic Planning
The Commissioner of the Budget
The Executive Director of the National
Nutrition Council
WHEREAS, school supplementary feeding has been an established priority project of government, forming part of the nationwide nutrition program being conducted under the auspices of the First Lady;
WHEREAS, school supplementary feeding has been actively supported not only by the national government, but also by international agencies including Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere (CARE), Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the World Food Programme (WFP);
WHEREAS, the expansion of the school supplementary feeding program will complement the efforts addressed to pre-school and children identified by "Operation Timbang" and covered by LOI No. 441;
WHEREAS, survey data shows the need for improving nutrition among Mindanao school children;
WHEREAS, the rehabilitation and development of Mindanao may be more quickly attained with a more aggressive school supplementary feeding programs therein;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby issue the following instructions:
1.
The Secretary of Education and Culture shall review the plans, programs
and implementation of the school supplementary feeding program, with
the purpose of identifying (a) ways and means of increasing the volume
of supplementary feeding with particular attention to local food
components, (b) priority areas of the country where greater attention
is needed, and (c) the groups of school-children most likely to benefit
from supplementary feeding.
2. A Task
Force, to be known as "Mindanao School Supplementary Feeding Program
Task Force" is hereby created and assigned with the responsibilities of
preparing and implementing a comprehensive program for school feeding
in Mindanao, including specification for successful implementation,
sources of food supplies and resource and financial requirements.
3. The Task
Force shall consist of the Secretary of Education and Culture, the
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health, the Secretary of
National Defense, the Secretary of Social Services and Development, the
Secretary of Economic Planning, the Commissioner of the Budget, and the
National Nutrition Council, or their representatives. The Secretary of
Education and Culture or his representatives shall be the Task Force
Chairman.
4. The School
Health and Nutrition Unit of the Department of Education and Culture,
hereby created into a School Health and Nutrition Center, shall acts as
the Task Force Secretariat, in addition to its basic responsibilities
of implementing the school supplementary feeding program.
5. The
Department of Education and Culture and the Task Force may call upon
all agencies of the government for necessary assistance in the school
supplementary feeding program, particularly for Mindanao, including the
following:
a.
The Department of Agriculture and the National Grains Authority shall
make available warehouse trucking, and facilities.
b. The
Department of Health and Department Social Services and Development
shall assist in monitoring the weight and health of school children
participating in the supplementary school feeding program;
c. The
Department of National Defense shall provide necessary security
measures covering food supplies and personnel;
d. The
Department of Local Government and Community Development shall help
enlist the support of local government units in the accomplishment of
program objectives;
e. The
Secretary of Economic Planning shall assist in the determination of
official development assistance sources to expand the inputs into the
school supplementary feeding program;
f. The Budget
Commission help prepare work and financial plans covering the food
assistance program, particularly the peso counterpart requirement
involved in the freight, insurance, storage and other requirements for
effective food handling and distribution.
Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.
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