“Children's First 1000 Days Coalition,” inilunsad para tugunan ang problema sa malnutrisyon

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00:00 A children's first 1000 days coalition organization launched a line of support for the problem of malnutrition in children

00:08 one of the reasons for the boycott. Sujin Kim in detail.

00:12 Malnutrition is considered a serious problem in the country.

00:20 Aside from malnutrition and being close to the illness of children, it also causes low IQ and low productivity.

00:30 The most shocking thing is that the Philippines is the country that has the most cases of malnutrition.

00:36 In fact, three out of every ten Filipinos are affected.

00:40 In addition, the Children's First 1000 Days Coalition program launched, where 1,000 volunteers participated.

00:49 Its goal is to give the non-governmental organizations or NGOs an operations manual, a training program.

00:57 Here are the ways and steps to address malnutrition.

01:03 For example, educate its members, including the spouses, on the importance of nutrition during the first 1000 days.

01:12 From the first 1000 days to the second 1000 days, or second birthday,

01:21 that's when the formation of the human brain occurs.

01:32 And if a child is malnourished in this phase of his life, his body will become weak, he becomes sickly.

01:42 And because malnutrition starts while the mother is pregnant,

01:48 the general nutrition and trimester-specific maternal health guidelines are included in the manual.

01:54 As a mother, I also have three children.

01:58 So I'm very, very conscious about the food that I give to my children while they are very young.

02:07 As I said, the first 1000 days. And now, as a Lion, I'm a member of Lions Clubs International,

02:15 one of our advocacy activities is to make sure that children are healthy.

02:22 Because I believe that this is their escape from poverty.

02:28 Healthy and educated. And how do we do that? We do that with proper nutrition.

02:35 And this starts while they are still very young.

02:38 We support this program because we know that as mothers, we don't want to see many people starving.

02:46 The City of Manila being the capital, if you're in the area of Quiapo, Binondo, Divisoria,

02:53 by night time, even in front of the YMCA office, you can see people lying down.

03:00 They are very deprived.

03:02 There are still many who are lying down. I hope our government will help them.

03:07 The coalition is asking for the NGOs to be divided in the fight against malnutrition

03:13 to ensure a healthy future for Filipino children.

03:17 Sujin Kim, for the Morning Show of the City, Rise and Shine, Philippines.