00:00Beneficiaries of the Walang Gutom Kitchen in Pasay City received a bonus of free vegetables purchased by the Office of
00:06the President from farmers in Binguet and Pangasinan.
00:10This to ensure farmers' income despite the rising fuel prices and to help minimize their losses.
00:16Gav Fuliegas reports.
00:20Ramon was very happy after receiving free fresh vegetables and a free meal at the Walang Gutom Kitchen in Pasay
00:26City.
00:26For him, the blessings he received in his visit to the Walang Gutom Kitchen are a huge help after losing
00:33his job as a fertilizer packer in Bulacan.
00:44Rosemary is also bursting with joy over the fresh vegetables she received. The daily free meals are also a significant
00:51help to her.
01:02They are just some of the recipients of the free vegetables purchased by the Office of the President from farmers
01:09in La Trinidad, Benguet and Urdaneta City in Pangasinan.
01:12At midnight on Friday, over a ton of vegetables arrived at the DSW Diwalang Gutom Kitchen in Pasay City.
01:19The Walang Gutom Kitchen of the Department of Social Welfare and Development is one of the beneficiaries of the approximately
01:2520 tons of veggies purchased by the Office of the President.
01:29Aside from the DSW Diwalang Gutom Kitchen, various communities in Metro Manila will also receive fresh produce including the cities
01:37of Caloocan, Navotas, Malabon, Quezon City, Pasay and Manila.
01:41As well as the new-belived prison in Montilupa, the Manila City Jail and several orphanages.
01:46According to Ramil Dapoy, officer in charge of Diwalang Gutom Kitchen, the assistance provided by the Office of the President
01:53reaches far and wider.
01:54Nagpapasalamat po kami kasi mas napainam po yung aming servisyo para po sa ating mga kababayan.
02:01Sa katunayan po, yung binigay po natin meal ngayong araw ay nagmula po sa donation po natin.
02:08And for this lunch operation, makakain po yung mga kababayan po natin ng mixed vegetable from the donation and makapagbigay
02:19pa po tayo ng libring gulay na pwede pong maiuwi ng mga pamilyang makakapasok po dito sa Walang Gutom Kitchen.
02:28The donation is a major help, not only in alleviating hunger but also in increasing farmer income.
02:33The Walang Gutom Kitchen also partners with cooperatives to source fresh vegetables.
02:38Dalawang bagay po yung natutugunan natin na susuportahan ang sektor ng agrikultura, bibigyan po natin ng suporta yung mga kababayan
02:47pong nating buldenrably po dito sa Maynila.
02:51The DSWD also sees the program as sustainable.
02:55Farmers na po ang naging kaagapay po natin pagdating sa pagsiserve ng pagkain, which is it able us po na
03:01ma-insure na fresh, mura, at mas marami pa po kami maaabot ng mga kababayan po natin.
03:08Na nakararanas po ng involuntary hunger.
03:11The Walang Gutom Kitchen, under the DSWD's Pag-Abot Program, plans to expand this initiative soon.
03:17Gab Milde Villagas from the National TV Network for New and Better Philippines.
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