BIDANI - Barangay Integrated Development Approach for Nutrition Improvement

BIDANI launches Municipal Management Information System

Three years after the development of the Barangay Management Information System (BMIS) Software, the UPLB-BIDANI launched the Municipal Management Information System (MMIS) Software.  This system was developed to merge the different BMIS.  The features of the BMIS and MMIS are the same.  The MMIS was conceptualized to help the municipalities organize their data for efficient retrieval and delivery of services.  The database will also serve as  tool for development planning, monitoring and evaluation of projects at the municipal level.  To ensure confidentiality of the household information, data entry is limited with the BMIS software at the barangay level.  At present, the Municipalities of Pangil, Rizal, Nagcarlan, Calauan, Bay and Los Baños are ready for the MMIS. (CPManeja)

Provincial Government of Laguna releases PhP .5M for UPLB-BIDANI

UPLB-BIDANI was elated that after a year of continuous follow up, the much awaited financial assistance to help the barangays in Laguna in the project on “Strengthening Development Planning and Information Management” will now become a reality.  The check amounting to PhP 500,000.00 covering 1st and 2nd quarter of 2006 was handed over by Governor Teresita “Ning-Ning” Lazaro to Prof. Angelina R. Bustos on 22 January 2007 at the Provincial Governor’s Office.  The amount which represents half of the PhP 1M commitment of the Provincial Government will be used for the capability building training and technical backstopping to 100 covered barangays of Laguna using the BIDANI strategy. (LOGarcia)

Plan Philippines inks pact with UPLB-BIDANI for a research project

BIDANI through the UPLB Foundation, Inc. inked a partnership with Plan Philippines, an international humanitarian, child focused development organization.  An initial research study on “Participatory Search for Working Solutions to Reduce Malnutrition” was carried out from Feb. 21 - May 15, 2006 with the assistance of Dr. Aser B. Javier, Director and Assistant Professor of the Institute of Development Management and Governance of the College of Public Affairs of UPLB.  Aimed at providing a participatory search of issues identification and alternative solutions generation to reduce malnutrition among Plan Philippines partner communities, the study covered 64 barangays in Isabela, Pangasinan, Camotes Island in Cebu, Eastern, Western and Northern Samar.  With the high prevalence of malnutrition in these areas as shown by results of the three month study, a strong nutrition advocacy and intervention to set the directions for community based nutrition programs must be well in place. (LOGarcia)

Pangil, Laguna launches MMIS

The Municipality of Pangil, Laguna, through the initiative of its Mayor, Hon. Juanita Manzana, with the assistance of the Municipal Planning and Development Office, spearheaded by Ms. Maria Paz Santos, conducted the first ever presentation of BMIS software and the merged data of eight villages using the Municipal Management Information System (MMIS) software on Nov. 29, 2006 at the Sangguniang Bayan Hall, municipality Pangil.  Present during the ceremony were Prof.  Angelina R. Bustos and  Jayson A. Moredo together with local development planners of the municipality, composed of the Barangay Captains, Line Agency Heads, Support Agency Heads and Sangguniang Bayan members.  With this systematized data base, the local government can expect swift planning and implementation of local development activities.  Mayor Manzana expressed her desire for a continuous technical assistance from BIDANI especially in the preparation of the BMIS spot map and formulation of Barangay Integrated Development Plan. (PJAMoredo)

BIDANI Staff participates in 32nd FNRI Seminar series

Ana B. Castañeda, Belinda A. Lalap and Marcelina C. Miranda attended the 32nd Food and Nutrition Research Institute Seminar series on July 6-7, 2006 at the FNRI Auditorium, Taguig City with the theme “Nutrisyon ng Pamayanan Yaman ng Buong Bayan.”  The two-day seminar provided valuable information on breakthroughs in research, science and technology to promote health and nutritional improvement of the people.  The lessons learned from these studies will be very useful to serve as guide in coming up with nutritionally sound policies particularly in the implementation of various national and local development plans and activities where BIDANI also actively take part in. (MCMiranda)

BIDANI ties up anew with FHI and other NGOs

After its successful initial joint project to rehabilitate the malnourished preschool children in Bay, Laguna through BIDANI’s Participative Domiciliary Nutrition Rehabilitation (PDNR) Program in May 2005, the Food for the Hungry International Philippines (FHI-Phils.), a non-government organization, ties up with BIDANI.  The proposed project will be forged in collaboration with the Alliance of Christian Development Agencies (ACDA) and ABS-CBN Bantay-Bata. Likewise, KASAMA Consultants Cooperative approached UPLB -BIDANI to address the prevailing malnutrition problem in the countryside by empowering local institutions in partner communities through the possibilities of producing INSUMIX in a larger scale. (BALalap)

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