The government of the Philippines has allocated P15.8 billion to combat child hunger through school and daycare feeding programs. With rising food prices pushing more families into poverty, Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. emphasized the importance of these programs in alleviating child hunger, improving nutrition, and preventing school dropouts.
THE government is set to spend another P15.8 billion to fight child hunger with school and daycare feeding programs, as more poverty-stricken families are being driven to deprivation by soaring food prices, Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr., vice chairperson of the House committee on appropriations, said on Thursday.
7 billion in the 2024 national budget.The sum for the SBFP is on top of the P4.1 billion for the Supplementary Feeding Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development , according to Campos. “The combined P15.8 billion provision for the SBFP and the SFP next year is P5 billion greater than the P10.8 billion that the two feeding programs are getting this year,” Campos said.
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