Urdaneta City (30 April) -- The city government will intensify its pro-poor programs here to benefit marginal families affected by the soaring prices of commodities.
City Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said they will continue the milk program of the city government as a strategy to bring down the malnutrition rate prevalent among children here from zero to six years old.
The program aims to provide milk to children of poor families till they gain weight, he explained.
The milk feeding program was started some years ago and will be intensified with more children from different barangays to be covered.
Perez said aside from the milk, children from zero to six years old need to be vaccinated against many child diseases.
The mayor said the city has increased by some 2,000 the number of families benefiting from the PhilHealth (Philippine Health Insurance Corporation) for the masses.
Perez also asked parents of these children to produce their own food by planting nutritious vegetables in their backyard, so they need not buy from the market anymore. (PIA-Pangasinan)
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