The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) joins the country in celebrating National Nutrition Month this July with the theme, “New normal na nutrisyon, sama-samang gawan ng solusyon! (New normal nutrition, together we create a solution!)”
According to PRC, its program called Hot Meals on Wheels is one of the humanitarian organization's solutions to address malnutrition in the Philippines.
The PRC Hot Meals on Wheels has served 153,093 beneficiaries from January 2021 up to date.
This project, which started in 2005, was the brainchild of PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Gordon with the vision of providing hot and ready-to-eat meals to the most vulnerable.
As per PRC, they have 35 food trucks that serve hot meals to poor communities and people affected by disasters across the country.
Each PRC Hot Meals on Wheels is equipped with an industrial-sized rice cooker, warmers, oven, and burners, said PRC.
"It is designed to provide meals on-site to people who lose access to their cooking facilities in the aftermath of a disaster," PRC added.
Locally stranded individuals, children in food-poor communities, elderlies, locked-down families, sick, and persons with disability also benefit from the food trucks.
PRC assured that this "non-disaster feeding program" will continue to be implemented as needed.
“May community feeding din tayo para sa mga food-poor, at ang mga pagkaing pinamimigay ay siguradong ligtas, masustansya, at masarap (We also have a community feeding for the food-poor and the food being distributed are guaranteed safe, nutritious, and tasty),” Gordon added.