Seen in the photo are Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and International Institute of Rural Reconstruction President Juan Miguel Luz, signing the Memorandum of Agreement made and entered into by and between the Local Government Unit of Davao City and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) for the implementation of the Bio-Intensive Gardening project. Behind them are City Councilor Mabel Sunga Acosta, Chairperson of the Committee on Education of the Davao City Council, and Dr. Helen D. Paguican, Schools Division Superintendent of Davao City, who stood as witnesses to the signing of the said Memorandum of Agreement.
The project will introduce productive bio-intensive gardens to fifty (50) public elementary schools in the School Division of Davao City with Ma-a Elementary School identified as the demo-site by the Local School Board during its recently held strategic planning workshop.
The goal of the project is to utilize school feeding as a strategy for improving school attendance by addressing the poor/under-nutrition and related health problems of children in the primary grades (Grades 1-3) in the public elementary schools in Davao City.
This joint endeavor of the City Government, with the City providing the necessary budget for the implementation of the project, and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), with IIRR providing the trainor who will train the 50 school representatives, demonstrates the commitment of the Local Government in improving the educational conditions of our students.
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