The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN) is conducting a 2-day workshop for the proposed project on Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security (EWS-FNS) in selected municipalities in the region. Participants for the said training are the Local Health Workers who are trained for Household Data Collection.

As per request, National Nutrition Council (NNC), Region VI has been part of these activities by giving technical assistance during the conduct of workshop and ocular survey in different municipalities. This event is also a venue for NNC, RVI to generate support and commitment of Local Government Units (LGUs) to the program and other nutrition-related activities especially to strengthen the functionality of Local Nutrition Committees.

The team has completed the orientation meetings and consultative workshops in five (5) selected municipalities in Capiz namely Dumarao on February 24-25, 2015, Jamindan on February 26-27, 2015, Tapaz on March 3-4, 2015, Ivisan on March 5-6, and Dao on March 12-13, 2015. Another batch of the same training/workshop will be scheduled in selected municipalities of Aklan.