“Hunger and Nutrition, Let Us End it Together!”

                Celebrating the nutrition month yearly became a tradition for the department of education and a successful action for the National Nutrition Council (NNC). Different themes with one vision, which is to improve nutrition in our country. This month of July is going to be a month full of fun, learning and improving skills to students like us.

                When I was still a kid, I feel so blessed that I was born in a country rich in natural resources. Until one day I woke up and suddenly knew the true state of our nation. People in rural areas are taking chances in going to big cities for work but only to find out that in the end they would end up on the streets begging for food. This has been one of the true reason why there is hunger and lack of nutrition in our country.

Encountering the theme for this year’s nutrition month for the first time made me think that it is not very interesting to hear. As days passed by, I became interested onto knowing the aims of this year’s nutrition month. After knowing the aims I reflected for minutes and concluded that we really need to act now. Even if we are only students we can encourage government agencies, NGOs, private sectors, civil society organizations and communities to contribute in fighting hunger and malnutrition.

For so long, our government has been trying to solve hunger issues in our country and it is not easy. However we need to advocate now for stronger political actions. Local government units sometimes lack in their services when it comes to health and nutrition of their community. We really need to wake them up. We all deserve to have a good nutrition and as citizens we need also to help/do our part.

A man once said to me; if you are blessed don’t be selfish, help those who are in need there will come a time that your actions will be followed by others. Then he added: because others followed your community will improve, soon the whole nation.