- The governor said that this initiative aims to guarantee the human right to access quality, healthy and nutritious food
- He stressed that it will benefit children and youth, the elderly, single mothers, pregnant women, as well as people in vulnerable situations.
- It should be noted that attention will be given to 1 million 917 thousand 984 beneficiaries, with a total of 232 million 835 thousand 864 food supports
Governor Rutilio Escandón Cadenas gave the starting signal for the 2023 State Government Food Programs, where he argued that this initiative seeks to guarantee the human right to access quality, healthy and nutritious food for children and youth, adults the elderly, pregnant women and people in vulnerable situations, especially from the poorest municipalities.
“Now more than ever, we prioritize food to care for the health and well-being of the population, especially in the most vulnerable sectors, because in this way we contribute to a stronger and more prosperous society, with a greater perspective of progress. We are convinced that if we attend to the right to food, we lay the foundations to build a better generation of Chiapas and Chiapanecos, ”he said.
Noting that through the Full Tummy, Happy Heart Back Home program, more than two million breakfasts are delivered to girls, boys and adolescents of the entity, and food rations in 35 highly and very highly marginalized municipalities, the president He endorsed the commitment to promote this program, as well as to continue aligned with the policies of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, because it is the best way to meet the true needs of the people.
From the DIF Chiapas facilities, Escandón Cadenas reiterated his gratitude to public servants, the business sector, and civil society, because through their donations, more than one million food packages were distributed house-to-house during the pandemic. , so that families avoid leaving their homes and exposing themselves to the risks of COVID-19.
Representing the General Directorate of Food and Community Development of the National DIF, Marianelly Villegas Martínez, recognized Chiapas for being one of the DIF systems with the highest coverage of school breakfasts, reaching almost 90 percent of girls and boys in vulnerable conditions. ; move to hot breakfasts with sufficient, varied and quality food, and for having one of the lowest costs per serving in the country.
“We recognize the effort of Chiapas to make efficient use of public resources and achieve important coordination to increase resources and responsibilities in the three levels of government, in the delivery of food aid,” he said.
Meanwhile, the director of the Chiapas DIF System, Deliamaría González Flandez, announced that by merging resources, this year there will be an investment of more than 1,326 million pesos to ensure the continuation of these programs, which, she said, from beginning of the current administration to date, the number of people benefited has grown by 50 percent.
He specified that the programs that are starting today serve pregnant or lactating women, girls and boys under the age of five who are not in school, the population that lives in highly marginalized places, and students of basic and upper secondary education, since for two years, students in vulnerable situations from Cobach and Cecyte Chiapas are served.
For his part, the Secretary for the Sustainable Development of Indigenous Peoples, Emilio Ramón Ramírez Guzmán, called on the municipalities to help this program reach the hands of the students so that there is greater well-being in their towns, while asking the and the beneficiaries with food support take advantage of it and make responsible use of it, since it is to improve their nutrition and healthy development.
It should be noted that attention will be given to 1 million 917 thousand 984 beneficiaries, with a total of 232 million 835 thousand 864 food supports.
Present were: the Secretary of State Education, Rosa Aidé Domínguez Ochoa; the Secretary of Civil Protection, Luis Manuel García Moreno; the head of the State Judiciary, Guillermo Ramos Pérez; the general director of the College of Scientific and Technological Studies and coordinator of Community Telebachilleratos in Chiapas, Sandro Hernández Piñón; and the general director of Public Charity, Ana José Camacho Hortal.
Likewise, the local deputies Felipe Granda Pastrana and Yamil Melgar Bravo; the president of the State Human Rights Commission, Juan José Zepeda Bermúdez; the person in charge of the Territorial Coordination of Conafe Chiapas; municipal presidents and presidents, as well as holders of the municipal DIF.