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GROUP TO OVP: FOOD TRUCKS NOT SOLUTION TO MALNUTRITION

/ 14 October 2022

THE SAMAHAN ng Progresibong Kabataan condemned the initiative of the Office of the Vice President to provide food trucks in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao to address malnutrition.

The group said that it would be impossible to immediately solve malnutrition in the country.

“Napakaimposible na masolusyunan ang perenyal na problema ng malnutrisyon, ilang presidente na ang nagtangkang resolbahin siya, hindi ito masosolusyunan ng isang linggo lamang. Ang programa ay napaghahalatang pang-documentation at picture-taking lamang upang may maipakita na may ginawang ‘malasakit’ ang OVP sa kabataan,” SPARK said.

According to World Bank, poverty is one of the leading causes of malnutrition.

“Kailangang pagtuunan ng pansin kung bakit ba laganap pa rin ang malnutrisyon, kung bakit marami pa ring bata ang namamatay sa kanilang unang 1000 araw, kung bakit hindi abot-kaya ng mga bata ang masusustansyang pagkain,” it said.

SPARK said that Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio should use her influence and her office to resolve the issue of inflation or the low income being received by workers.

“Mahalagang magsimula sa hapag-kainan ang nutrisyon na natatanggap ng mga bata upang hindi na kailanganin pa ng band-aid solution tulad ng food trucks na “wawakasan” ang malnutrisyon,” the group added.