Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV A CALABARZON
Division of Lipa City

BUGTONGNAPULO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Bugtongnapulo, Lipa City

PROPOSAL ON SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL BASED

FEEDING PROGRAM
I. Rationale

Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.

Jeff Bridges
Bugtongnapulo National High School is one of the fifteen public
secondary schools in the Division of Lipa City. Its student population is 536
for the school year, 2014 2015. Most of the students enrolled are from
families with meager income.
Most of the time, students having this economic background go to
school in hunger, have insufficient food allowance, have no packed lunch and
what they only got is a certain amount intended for transportation for going
to and from the school.
In the report made about the body mass index of the students, 27
students were found to have below normal BMI. The nutritional status of
these students were wasted and severely wasted meaning they have
inadequate intake of the necessary food nutrients.
To address this predicament in student nutritional health status, the
school allotted 35% of the school canteen income for the school based
feeding program. With the given number of beneficiaries, sustainability of
the program cannot be maintained.

The school is taking its initiative to work out on the problem of

students coming to school on an empty stomach and of students with limited
resources by means of inviting and encouraging the active participation of
other government organizations ( GOs ), local government units (LGUs), non
government organizations ( NGOs ), professional associations, private
sector groups and concerned individual to get involved in the hunger
mitigation, and promoting the health and nutritional status of the students.
The school believes that nutrition plays a significant role in bettering
the health of students. School based feeding program is one of the
interventions that enhance students motivation and capacity for learning,
improving learning outcomes, reducing absenteeism, and ensuring that
students are able to stay in school as enunciated in Education for All ( EFA )
and Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ).
II. Objectives
The primary purpose of implementing this program is to improve the health
and nutritional status of those students having below normal BMI and of students
with limited resources. Specifically the program aims to :

increase social and emotional behavior

improve parent - student relationship

increase parent/guardian participation

increase students enrolment and retention

improve school achievements

III. Title of the Program

SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL BASED FEEDING PROGRAM
School Year 2014 2015

IV. Program Location and Duration

Bugtongnapulo National High School
Bugtongnapulo, Lipa City
July 2014 March 2015

V. Collaboration and Partnership

A letter of request/invitation will be sent to prospect sponsors to encourage
them to enter into partnership with the schools feeding program.
These partnerships would be for purposes of mobilizing resources and
enhancing the sustainability of the intervention.

Prepared by:
REMY L. UNTALAN
Focal Person
School-Based Feeding Program
Noted:
MARIFE T. MORCILLA
Principal I
Approved:
MINERVA CARAOS
EPS I H.E.
OSIAS S. MONFORTE
Schools Division Superintendent
DepEd Division of Lipa City