The Makati City government has begun distributing grocery packs to 35,371 students who completed the school year 2023-2024 at the city’s public schools, including Special Education.
Makati Mayor Abigail Binay said the program was initiated by her administration for the school year 2020-2021 as an incentive for public school students who completed their respective grade levels despite the challenges of the pandemic.
“We have decided to make this an annual incentive that students can look forward to at the end of each school year. We want to show our appreciation for the hard work and diligence of our students and motivate them to continue doing their best in their studies every school year until they graduate,” Binay said.
The city chief executive said the grocery packs, usually distributed during May, have become a much-anticipated tradition for public school students of Makati.
“We have prepared a highly nutritious and tasty food pack that the students can enjoy during the school break,” she said.
Each grocery bag for primary school students contains two packs of champorado mix, one pack of arroz caldo mix, one pack of hotcake mix, five sachets of instant oatmeal, 12 sachets of chocolate drink, one pack of full cream milk powder, one pack of breadsticks, one pack of saltine crackers, two packs of chocolate cereals, two packs of bread toast, two packs of chocolate flakes, one pack of chocolate biscuits, two packs of raisins, one pack of fruit-flavored jelly, and one T-shirt.
For junior and senior high school students, each grocery bag contains two packs of champorado mix, one pack of saltine crackers, one pack of hotcake mix, one pack of arroz caldo mix, six sachets of instant oatmeal, one pack of full cream milk powder, eight packs of instant canton noodles, one block of cheese, one can of pineapple juice, one can of pineapple tidbits, and one T-shirt.
A total of 19,750 packs have been allocated for the primary level and 15,621 packs for the secondary level.
The city government in collaboration with the Department of Education Makati has rolled out the grocery packs to 16 public elementary schools and eight high schools.
