The Impact of Feeding Program in Partnership with the Stakeholders in Estansuela Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Most of the children go to school hungry due to poverty. One solution of this is the feeding program. Feeding program is very important project not only of the government sector but also we may include the non-government sector. This program aims to minimize if not lessen the malnourished children in our school. Then nutrition of the child is one of the most important aspects to enable them to study properly and performed actively in class discussions and in and outside the school.

METHODS

Descriptive design was used in this study. It described and explained the conditions by using tables to fully describe the phenomena.

RESULTS

The researcher found out that feeding program alleviates short term hunger. There was also an increased on the nutritional status of the pupils. Moreover, it resulted on the increase of enrolment, daily attendance and engagement of parents and other stakeholders.

DISCUSSIONS

There was a decrease of 11 or 3.4% on the number of Severely Wasted pupils, and a decrease of 9 or 1.7% on the number of pupils under the Wasted nutritional status. The results were a good indication that there was an improvement on the nutritional status of the pupils and can be concluded as one of the positive effects of feeding program done by the stakeholders.