Pasig City evacuees provided with nutritious food amid monsoon rains, flooding
Babies, lactating mothers, and pregnant women among the over 15,000 individuals temporarily sheltered in different evacuation centers in Pasig City are being provided with nutritious food by the city government as part of the Nutrition Month observance.
The city's Nutrition Committee went to the different evacuation centers in Pasig to provide the necessary services to the affected residents, including the setting up of a Breastfeeding Station and Nutrition Desk as well as the implementation of Milk Code Monitoring, distribution of iron supplements with folic acid and malunggay capsules to pregnant and lactating women, bedside counseling and distribution of maternal books to lactating breastfeeding women, and lactation support kits.
A Pasig Nutrition Team member gives vitamin A shots to children six to 59 months old at an evacuation center in Barangay Santolan.
The teams also gave vitamin A shots and Micronutrient Powder (MNP) to children six-59 months old, distributed Ready-to-use Supplementary Food (RUSF) for children six-59 months old, and measuring their mid-upper arm circumference to determine if they are malnourished or undernourished.
In its latest evacuation monitoring update on Thursday, July 24, around 20 evacuation centers in 11 Pasig barangays remain open with 1,184 families or 6,798 individuals. These are:
Barangay Bagong Ilog
- B. Tatco Covered Court
- Bagong Ilog Elementary School
Barangay Dela Paz
- Dela Paz Multipurpose Hall - Karangalan
Barangay Pinagbuhatan
-Damayan Covered Court
- Nagpayong Multipurpose Hall
- Balsancat (E. Santos) Covered Court
Barangay Manggahan
-Manggahan Multipurpose Hall
Barangay Maybunga
- Maybunga Elementary School Annex
- Westbank Community Center Annex
Barangay San Joaquin
- San Joaquin Elementary School
Barangay San Miguel
- San Miguel Multipurpose Hall
Barangay Santolan
- Ilaya Covered Court
- Santolan Elementary School
- Santolan High School
- Sto. Tomas De Villanueva Parochial School
Barangay Rosario
- Bluegrass Multipurpose Hall
- Rosario Elementary School
Barangay Sta. Lucia
- De Castro Elementary School
- Sta. Lucia Bliss Multipurpose Hall
Barangay Ugong
-Ugong Barangay Hall Parking Lot