Ms. Judith M. Rendon, a City Nutrition Action Officer (CNAO) for thirty-four consecutive years, is one of the contenders for this year’s search for Caraga Regional Outstanding City Nutrition Action Officer.
On 5-6 September 2022, the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) evaluated the CNAO at City Hall in Bislig City. Part of the evaluation was an interview and desk review validation using the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) Protocol.
The 59-year-old CNAO is a Registered Nutritionist Dietitian by profession, Single by choice. Her CNAO journey started as a casual for 15 days, provisionary in the year 1987 and permanent on 1988 up to this year as the 4th CNAO of City of Bislig.
CNAO Rendon is very dedicated to her responsibilities. In her thirty-four of service, she attended various pieces of training and contributions to the implementation of different nutrition programs, and over her time, Bislig City has been awarded two Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition in addition she was able to produce four Regional Outstanding BNS and a 4th runner up in national level. She has also received multiple plaques of recognition and appreciation as she became a resource speaker and provided technical assistance in various nutrition program activities.
Based on her experiences, she come up to conclude that the easiest program to conduct under the Philippines Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) programs was the supplementary feeding program (NDSP) and stated IYFC as difficult as per her explanation IYFC was barely difficult to implement due to lack of budget allocation, therefore, the implementation for IYFC has defined through pieces of training, not the full implementation as per se. In Addition, due to political issues her structure was affected as her NOII RND were designated to CSWD thus, this affects her efficiency, CNAO Rendon prioritizes her programs wisely for them to be effective despite the budget issues.
Through time, with the eagerness of CNAO Rendon, the malnutrition problem was acknowledged by Hon. Garay whereas one of the biggest problems of his city is malnutrition, as he assures nutrition will be one of his administration priorities. #LCJAbian/ NASLabordo