00:00In other news, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, or DSWD, signs an agreement with the World Bank seeking to fund and develop societal efforts and attrition programs in the country.
00:10Arnoel Talacay reports.
00:13Health workers of Barangay Bagong Pag-asa in Quezon City cannot deny the fact that their barangay still has malnourished kids.
00:22This is the reason why they regularly conduct feeding programs.
00:26Meron po kami malnourished, 70 ang naitalan natin ngayon, compared last year is 100 plus, 121 yata yun.
00:36So ngayon naman meron tayong severe undernourished, yun po yung tinututukan natin, which is pinibigyan po natin sila ng everyday na pagkain.
00:48Cruz says that the most of the malnourished children are from the informal settlers of the barangay.
00:55Apart from the help of the national government and Quezon City local government, she says that the barangay is also collaborating with private companies and non-governmental organization just to address the nutritional needs of some of their children.
01:11Pero nasa line na po ng aming programa yung 120 days na gagawin para dun sa mga severe undernourished po.
01:21According to the 2023 National Nutrition Survey of the DOST-FNRI, two out of ten children in the country who are five years old and younger are stunted.
01:33And one out of ten children who are also five years old and younger are underweight.
01:38One of the mandates of the Department of Social Welfare and Development is to ensure that all Filipino children will have access to good nutrition.
01:48The program under this is Covering Nutrition Effort for Our Children's Tomorrow or the Connect Project that will soon be funded by the World Bank.
01:58The agency has just signed a memorandum of agreement with the World Bank, which according to the agency, it aims to further enhance its social protection efforts in the country with two of the DSWD's pipeline projects,
02:15like the Connect Project, a multi-sectoral community-based nutrition services delivery project led by the DSWD and the Health Department.
02:24Dito, meron tayong mga nutrition-sensitive interventions, pagaya nga ng mga childhood care and development and water sanitation and hygiene sub-projects sa ilalim ng kalahisids
02:40o yung kapit-based higla pan sa kahihirapan, comprehensive and integrated delivery of social services program.
02:47So magkoconstruct tayo, ububuo tayo ng mga sub-projects na aligned dyan sa mga nutrition-specific interventions na iyan.
02:56Other projects that are in agency's pipeline with World Bank's support is the Social Protection for Economic Inclusion, Empowerment and Digital Innovation or the SPEED Project.
03:09It targets to expand economic opportunities for Pantawid Pamilang Pilipino program or for peace beneficiaries and strengthen adaptive and digital protection system.
03:20It will also build on the capacities developed under the Beneficiary Fast Innovation Responsive Service Transportation Project
03:30in cooperation with the Department of Labor and Employment, TESDA and SSS.
03:36Apart from the aftercare interventions and economic inclusion activities for the 40s, meron din ni iyang digital innovation.
03:48Kasi batid ng DSWD na we have to strengthen also yung ating pong digitalization efforts to improve on the implementation of our social protection systems.
04:00She also says that the Childhood Care and Development Program is a comprehensive approach for the integration of health, nutrition, education and social services
04:11to provide for the holistic needs of children from birth until 6 years old.
04:17Noel Talatay from the National TV Network for New and Better Philippines.
