Fifteenth Congress ofthe Republic 
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Ofthe Philippines 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 2397 
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Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Presidential Decree 1569 was enacted to strengthen the Barangay Nutrition Program by 
providing the Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) is a barangay-based volunteer worker who 
delivers basic nutrition and related health services, and links communities with nutrition and 
related service providers. 
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The Barangay Nutrition Program is being implemented to address the malnutrition 
problem that afflicts the vulnerable groups particularly preschool, school children, pregnant 
women and lactating mothers and other contributory factors that affects the health and nutrition 
condition of the community as whole. Generally, the program aims to reduce the prevalence rate 
of malnutrition among moderate and severe preschoolers and school children. 
The magnitude of the malnutrition problem in the country urgently needs greater 
involvement and participation of the people at the grassroots level. 
This bill provides for the creation of one mandatory position of Barangay Nutrition 
Worker (BNW) in every barangay to address this basic concern of the community. It further 
seeks to professionalize the position of BNW by requiring the qualification to be at least a high 
school graduate. 
Approval of this bill is therefore most earnestly urged. 
G REVILLA, JR. 


Fifteenth Congress orthe Republic 
Of the Philippines 
First Regular Session 
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) 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 2397 
Introduced by Senator Ramou Boug Revilla, Jr. 
AN ACT 
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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: 
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SECTION 1. BARANGA Y NUTRITION PROGRAM. To strengthen the 
Bara:ngay 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,OOO.OO). 
SECTION 2. BARANGA Y 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 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 HlSIHER PERFORMANCE AND MAKE THE 
NECESSARY RECOMMENDATION FOR HlSIHER APPOINTMENT. 
SECTION 4. QUALIFICATION. 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 
thebarangay [for at least one year]; 
c. Willingness to learn and to teach what he/she learned to the barangay people; 
d. At least a [primary] HIGH SCHOOL graduate; 
e. Physical and mental fitness and; 
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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 
HlSIHER 
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 A V AIL OF A SCHOLARSHIP GRANT 
IN ANY STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY AND PURSUE A COURSE 
RELEVANT TO HlSIHER 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 
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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 
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 9uccessful 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 
(PI,OOO.OO) PER MONTH PER BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER, 
PROVIDED 
FURTHER, 
THAT 
THIRD 
TO 
FIFTH 
CLASS 
MUNICIPALITIES SHALL APPROPRIATE FIVE HUNDRED PESOS 
(P500.00) PER MONTH PER BARANGA Y 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, 
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