Members of the KALAHI-CIDSS XI Regional Program Management Office, together with some LGU officials, held a coordination meeting on the PMNP’s inaugural rollout in the municipalities of Sarangani, Don Marcelino, Malita, and Sta. Maria in Davao Occidental, and Magsaysay and Malalag in Davao del Sur on April 27, 2023, in Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental.

The PNMP will first launch in Sarangani, Davao Occidental on May 11, 2023.

Projects under the PMNP include water systems, water wells, comfort rooms, and washing areas in early childhood care and development centers (ECCDs).

The PMNP is a four-year project that will support the adoption of a multisectoral nutrition approach to deliver a package of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions, together with social behavior change and communication strategies, across various platforms of LGUs in the country, led by the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Health. ###