Republic of the Philippines LA, GPR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES iw y

Quezon City WED
16 SEP 2013 _
SIXTEENTH CONGRESS 1 ?
First Regular Session a

House Bill No. 2872

Introduced by Representatives
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ARROYO and GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO

AN ACT
CREATING THE POSITION OF BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER IN EVERY
BARANGAY PROVIDING INCENTIVES THERETO, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.1569

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Presidential Decree 1569 was enacted to strengthen the Barangay Nutrition
Program by providing one Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) for every barangay. Said
scholar will be a barangay-based volunteer worker who will deliver basic nutrition and
related health services, and bridge communities with nutrition and related service
providers.

The Barangay Nutrition Program is being implemented to address the problem of
malnutrition which afflicts vulnerable groups particularly preschool, school children,
pregnant women and lactating mothers and other contributory factors which affect the
health and nutrition condition of the community as a whole. In general, the program
aims to reduce the frequency of malnutrition among moderately and severely affected
preschoolers and school children.

Due to the magnitude of the country's malnutrition problem, it urgently needs
greater involvement and participation of the people at the grassroots level.

This bill, therefore, provides for the creation of one mandatory position of
Barangay Nutrition Worker (BNW) in every barangay to address this basic concern of
the community. This will be in lieu of the BNS which PD 1569 originally mandated. It

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also seeks to professionalize the position of BNW by requiring concerned applicants to
be at least a high school graduate, amongst the many qualifications set forth in the
original law.

Due to the urgency of this proposed measure, its approval is most earnestly
requested

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ARROYO GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
Second District, Camarines Sur /Second District, Pampanga


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No,_ 2872

Introduced by Representatives
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ARROYO and GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO

AN ACT
CREATING THE POSITION OF BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER IN EVERY
BARANGAY PROVIDING INCENTIVES THERETO, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.1569

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Presidential Decree numbered Fifteen Hundred Sixty-Nine (P.D.
No. 1569) entitled "Strengthening the Barangay Nutrition Program by providing for a
Nutrition Scholar in Every Barangay," is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 1. BARANGAY NUTRITION PROGRAM. To strengthen the
Barangay Nutrition Program, there shall be CREATED under the administration
and SUPERVISION of the NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL IN
COORDINATION WITH THE CITY or MUNICIPALITY and the BARANGAY,
ONE (1) MANDATORY POSITION OF BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER IN
EVERY BARANGA Y WITH A MONTHLY ALLOWANCE OF NOT LESS THAN
FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P5,000.00).

SECTION 2, BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER. The Barangay
Nutrition Worker shall be APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR WITH THE
CONCURRENCE OF THE MAJORITY OF ALL SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OR
THE SANGGUNIANG Panlunsod MEMBERS, THE SANGGUNIANG
BARANGAY CONCERNED AND UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL. The barangay nutrition worker shall be
responsible for delivering nutrition services and other related activities such as

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community health, backyard food production, environmental sanitation, culture,
supplemental feeding and family planning to the barangay.

SECTION 3. SERVICES. The barangay nutrition worker, while
{continuously learning] UNDERGOING ACTUAL TRAINING under this program,
shall serve the barangay on a voluntary basis for at least [a period of one year}
SIX MONTHS. THEREAFTER, THE NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL SHALL
ASSESS HIS/HER PERFORMANCE AND MAKE THE NECESSARY
RECOMMENDATION FOR HIS/HER APPOINTMENT.

SECTION 4. QUALIFICATIONS. The qualifications of a Barangay
Nutrition Worker shall be as follows:

a, Bonafide resident of the barangay for at least one (1) year, with ability to speak
the dialect;

b. Possession of leadership potentials and the initiative and willingness to serve
the barangay [for at least one year),

¢. Willingness to learn and to teach what he/she learned to the barangay people:
d. Atleast a [primary] HIGH SCHOOL graduate;

e. Physical and mental fitness and;

f. At least eighteen (18) years old but not more than sixty (60) years old

SECTION 5. RECRUITMENT. The barangay nutrition worker shall be
recruited from within the barangay and shall be tested on mental ability and
proper work attitude,

SECTION 6. TRAINING. Before actual barangay service, the barangay
nutrition worker shall undergo a ten-day training on selected topics such as
nutrition, health, food production and environmental sanitation, based on defined
task expectations to be conducted by a provincial training team in coordination
with the municipal and barangay nutrition committee. This training shall be
supplemented by a twenty-day practicum to be conducted in the barangay where
the worker is assigned, and such activity shall be in coordination with the local
training team.

SECTION 7. BENEFITS. The Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be entitled
to a training stipend, meal and travel allowance of at least P250.00 a day
DURING THE PERIOD OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE PRIOR TO HIS/HER
APPOINTMENT, THEY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALLOWANCE OF TWO
THOUSAND PESOS (P2, 000.00) A MONTH.


The Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be granted a civil service eligibility
equivalent to second grade after the completion of at least two (2) years of
continuous and satisfactory service in the barangay.

SECTION 8. INCENTIVES. TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE PROGRAM,
THE NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL, IN COORDINATION WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL FORMULATE A SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM WHERE INCUMBENT AND DESERVING BARANGAY NUTRITION
WORKERS SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO AVAIL OF A
SCHOLARSHIP GRANT IN ANY STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY AND.
PURSUE A COURSE RELEVANT TO HIS/HER PRESENT POSITION.

SECTION 9. NUTRITION COMMITTEES. The implementation of this
project shall be the total responsibility of a Provincial/City Nutrition Committee
headed by the Governor/City Mayor as Chairman and a Municipal Nutrition
Committee headed by the Mayor as Chairman.

SECTION 10. LOCAL TRAINING TEAM. The local training team of the
municipality shall be composed of two members chosen from among the
members of the Municipal Nutrition Committee. This team shall follow up the
activities of the trained barangay nutrition worker.

SECTION 11. ROLE OF THE MAYOR. The Municipal City Mayor shall
initiate activities to implement this project within the municipality, organize the
local training teams and may recommend the appropriation by his
municipality/city of a local counterpart in the form of additional allowance for the
barangay nutrition worker.

SECTION 12. BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKERS STAFF
SECRETARIAT. There shall be a staff secretariat in every province/city which
shall monitor the progress of the program, identify its problems and recommend
possible solutions thereto

SECTION 13, NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL. The National Nutrition
Council shall formulate rules and regulations, plans and programs within the
limits set forth in this Act, allocate the funds for this project to the various
provinces and/or agencies, for disbursement in accordance with the financial
plan of the Barangay Nutrition Workers Project.

SECTION 14. DONATIONS. For the purposes of this Program, the
National Nutrition Council and the local governments, are authorized to receive
grants, donations, gifts or bequests from various government agencies and
government corporations which shall be tax exempt,

SECTION 15. APPROPRIATIONS. The amount of One Million Pesos
(P1,000,000.00) out of any available funds from the National Treasury or from


the Special Activities Funds is hereby appropriated and authorized to be released
for the organization and initial operation of the Council and the local governments
for the purposes of this program. Local governments are likewise authorized to
appropriate such amount necessary for the successful implementation of this
program. PROVIDED, THAT THE CITY OR MUNICIPALITY SHALL
APPROPRIATE AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL BUDGET FOR PERSONAL
SERVICES THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF ONE THOUSAND PESOS
(P1,000.00) PER MONTH PER BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER,
PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THIRD TO FIFTH CLASS MUNICIPALITIES
SHALL APPROPRIATE FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P500.00) PER MONTH PER
BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER.

THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P5,000.00) MONTHLY
ALLOWANCE PER BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER SHALL BE
INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT (GAA) FOR THE
YEAR FOLLOWING ITS ENACTMENT.

SECTION 2. Separability Clause. — If any of the provisions or part of this Act is

declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions or parts hereof not affected
thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. ~ All laws, decrees, executive orders or any part

thereof which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 4. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect upon publication in the Official

Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,