Víctor Castro, director of the Student Welfare Institute (Inabie), said yesterday that in Dominican public schools hunger is no longer a difficulty, because through National School Feeding Program (PAE) students are guaranteed breakfast and lunch. However, he indicated that efforts must continue to nutritious food and balancedfor which he requested approval of the project law of School Feeding.
Castro recalled that more than 31% of the country’s school-age children have overweightso you must continue fighting this situation.
He commented that the law It will allow the feeding of schoolchildren to not only be a government policy, which may be subject to change, but a right that is protected permanently.
In addition, he pointed out that one of the aspects that the project seeks is that public and private educational centers take care of the installation of cafeterias that dispense junk foodfried and nectars high in sugarsboth inside and around.
Approval of the law
In the activity, the president of the SenateRicardo de los Santos Polanco, said that they will be giving priority in the Upper House to the bill of law on School Food and Nutrition, approved in second reading by the deputies.
Likewise, he promised to approve it in a “prudently short” period to combat the overweight of school age and malnutrition.
During his participation in the National Forum on School Feedingheld in the Chamber of Deputies, stated that not only is the approval of the lawthat families must be made aware so that, after leaving school, children can also eat a healthy diet. balanced.
“We must follow up on those homes with children with overweight to see how we can, all united, find a way to try to reduce it,” stressed the president of the Upper House.
Nelsa Shoraya Suárez, deputy and coordinator of the Parliamentary Front against him Hunger; Fernanda Mara de Oliverio, president of the National Educational Development Fund of Brazil, and Jairo Flores, coordinator of the Parliamentary Front against him Hunger of Guatemala, the latter told the experience of their respective countries after the approval of the law of School Feeding.
