CONTINUING THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER AND
MALNUTRITION
With the desire of the
provincial government, together with all nutrition advocates of the province to
lessen if not to totally eradicate malnutrition and hunger problem in the
province, an intensified and unified approach of addressing this issue was
formulated.
The “I LOVE QUIRINO,” - flagship program of the previous administration, under
the leadership of former Governor, now Congressman of the province, Hon. Dakila
Carlo E. Cua, was adopted and continuously implemented in the province. CARAVAN
Project implementation, as one aspect of the I LOVE QUIRINO is planned to be
opened for its second round of implementation by first month of the year and
expected to reach all barangays.
The “I LOVE QUIRINO,” as was then finalized as the
flagship program of the provincial government of Quirino down to the municipal
and barangay level. As with the CARAVAN project during the previous
administration, the current program is also a multi-sectoral/holistic approach
of planning and implementation of projects and activities for all the sectors
of the government but with other additional services offered diabetes screening
by the Quirino Provincial Hospital, giving of pregnancy package by the
Department of Health and “Libreng Gupit” by the Philippine National Police .
Quirino, inspite of being a young province in Cagayan
Valley (Region 02) is a promising province with dedicated officials/leaders
committed to the development of its populace. This could be started by having
sustainable food production, job opening and livelihood project opportunity in the
area. Quirino is not considered a food poor area; however, food security is one
of the top priority of the provincial government to prevent hunger as well as
combat malnutrition.
Aside from the regular projects and activities of the
provincial government, special projects were also organized under the I LOVEQUIRINO program: the Comprehensive Approach in the implementation
of Relevant and Accessible projects/ activities/services Vital
for community's Advancement and progress through Networking of
various sectoral programs (CARAVAN) project and the Quirino Livelihood for Everyone (Q-LIFE) Project.
In general, the I LOVE QUIRINO program is a holistic
approach of project implementation. All offices of the Provincial Government
including National Agencies and Non-Government Organizations are conducting its
projects/activities – as one team/partners delivering services to the barangay
folks during CARAVAN project implementation or
barangay visitations with the package of projects/services of:
Health, Nutrition Education and
Social Services projects
Agriculture-Food Production projects
and veterinary services
Livelihood projects
Population Management and
Development
Infrastructure Projects – farm to
market roads
All the projects stated support
nutrition program in general concept.
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