Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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House Bill NoS 688

Introduced by Representative 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 lieu of the BNS which PD 1569 originally mandated. It also seeks
to professionalize the position of BNW by requiring concerned applicants to be at least a
high school graduate, amongst the many qualification set forth in the original law

Due the urgency of this propose measure, its approval is most earnestly requested.

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GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
2"? District, Pampanga


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

8688

House Bill No,“ ”

Introduced by Representative 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 Representative 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 BARANGAY WITH A MONTHLY ALLOWANCE OF NOT LESS THAN
FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (5,000.00).

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 community health, backyard food production,
environmental sanitation, culture, supplement 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 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;
Atleast a [primary] HIGH SCHOOL graduate;

. Physical and mental fitness and;
At least eighteen (18) years old but not more than sixty (60) years old.

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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 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 NUTRITON COUNCIL, IN COORDINATION WITH THE
DEPARMENT 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 REVELANT 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 nay 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, allocated the funds for this project to the various provinces
and/or agencies, for disbursement in accordance with the financialplan 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
(P1000,00.00) 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 shalll take effect upon publication in the Official
Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,