LINGAYEN – There are now 11 school districts benefiting from the “Food for School” program, according to the Pangasinan I schools division.

The recipient schools/districts are Malasiqui I and II districts, Bayambang I, Bugallon I and II, Aguilar, Mangatarem I, Mabini, Burgos, Dasol and Infanta, according to assistant schools Superintendent Oscar C. Tadeo.

The schools division coordinated with the National Food Authority for the validation and enrolment of the schools for the program, he said.

Tadeo said the program includes in its preliminary stage the health examination and deworming of pre-schoolers and Grade I pupils of the recipient schools.

President Macapagal-Arroyo is scheduled to lead the Food for School activities tomorrow, Tuesday, at the Malasiqui Central School. The President will also lead government agencies in the distribution of Philhealth cards, grocery packs and “buntis” kits for expectant mothers in the same ceromonies..

President Arroyo is going around the country to launch her anti-poverty programs. (PIA Pangasinan)