Manila, March 26 -- Around 8,000 daycare children here would benefit from a supplementary feeding program (SFP) launched by the local government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Western Visayas (DSWD-6).

On Tuesday, DSWD-6 Regional Director Arwin Razo and Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Trenas signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the program's rollout starting June 2025.

The signing was witnessed by city SWD officer Teresa Gelogo, DSWD Assistant Regional Director for Operations Katherine Joy Lamprea, and Councilor Alan Zaldivar.

Under the agreement, the DSWD will allocate PHP22.83 million to the city government to provide daily meals to 7,611 children aged 3 to 5 over a 120-day period.

However, Trenas plans to ext...