The Office of the Vice President (OVP) is finding ways to address malnutrition and hunger.
One of them is the Kalusugan Food Trucks which took off with three units launched in Davao City on Monday.
The Kalusugan Food Truck is an initiative by the OVP to help children suffering from malnutrition, hunger, and poor development in areas affected by natural calamities like typhoons, floods, landslides, and earthquakes; and human-induced calamities such as fire, armed conflict, terror attacks, among others.
The program will be implemented in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the National Nutrition Council of the Department of Health (DOH).
These food trucks will be deployed in schools and institutions to provide children with a specially designed menu to address their conditions.
“For now we are yet to identify the areas where the Kalusugan Food Trucks will be deployed. We will be having a meeting with the National Nutrition Council next week to help us identify the areas where the trucks will be deployed,” said Assistant Secretary Lemuel Ortonio, Assistant Chief of Staff of the OVP.
According to Ortonio, they will be identifying one area for Luzon, one for the Visayas, and one for Mindanao where the food trucks will be deployed.
These trucks will run for 120 days.
“The details for the deployment and the implementation of the project would be released through a press release in the future,” Ortonio said.