THE SILLIMAN University, in coordination with the Department of Education and the National Dairy Authority, distributed milk packs to elementary schools in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental to help address malnutrition among children.

The university supplied the milk for the DepEd’s Milk Feeding Program. The milk is a product of the Scheide Farm of the SU College of Agriculture.

Rafael Nepomuceno, SU Schiede Farm manager, said that all elementary schools in Negros Oriental will receive milk packs.

The program aims to provide milk to the beneficiaries that can last up to 12 days.

The university will also distribute a total of 104,952 milk packs in the municipalities of Manjuyod, Bindoy, Tayasan, Jimalalud, and La Libertad.

The distribution started on January 14, 2021 in Manjuyod, and will continue until May 2021.