Nutrition gaps linger in food-rich Northern Mindanao

Nutrition gaps linger in food-rich Northern Mindanao

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – In a village in Malitbog town, Bukidnon, 37-year-old Badith Hingcayog was eagerly waiting on Monday, July 7, for the scheduled weighing of pupils at Alangilan Elementary School, hoping for her three children’s inclusion in a government-sponsored supplemental feeding program. Except for Badith’s eldest daughter, now in junior high school, all three Hingcayog siblings – two girls and a boy – were among the recipi…