Gardening in 403 schools begun | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online: "The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) and the Department of Education (DepEd) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) launched last week vegetable gardening in 403 schools in Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur to help address micro problem on food security and malnutrition.
Dubbed as Programang Agrikulturang Pilipino — Gulayan sa Paaralan, the project is part of the state’s accelerated hunger mitigation program seeking to open a 200-sq. m. vegetable garden in each of the selected schools, according to Salik Panalunsong, field operations chief of the DAF-ARMM. (Ali G. Macabalang)"
What is Wellness Pilipinas?
The Philippines' response to the call of World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009 to lessen the augment of Lifestyle Diseases of stroke, cancer, diabetes, etc, and the country's compliance to United Nations Climate Change Peace Building Campaign in 2007. Wellness Pilipinas! was conceived by "Wellness for Peace" Author, Public Speaker & former Peace Ambassador Zara Jane Juan. It consists of pep talks, workshops, symposiums & fora meant to achieve wellness in mind, body, spirit & economics as tools for peace & nation-building. Wellness Pilipinas aired as a live TV show at GNN via G-SAT Asia from 2009-2010 supported by private and public corporations