GMA KAPUSO AND ODYSSEY FOUNDATION HELP 4,500 UNDERNOURISHED KIDS

GMA Kapuso Foundation,

Inc. (GMAKFI) and Odyssey Foundation, Inc. (OFI), the

CSR arm of food conglomerate Foodsphere, Inc., are celebrating their 12 years of partnership that has nurtured the lives of more than 4,500 undernourished Filipino children.

“GMA Kapuso Foundation and CDO/Odyssey’s strong partnership over the years is helping address the problem of malnutrition through our annual Give-A-Gift: Feed A Child feeding program. For 12 years, we have served thousands of children in remote areas of our country who need help. We are able to serve nutritious meals and share the mission of alleviating poverty and fighting malnutrition, together," said Luz Annalee O. Escudero-Catibog, vice president and COO of GMAKFI.

Jerome D. Ong, president of OFI, said Gabay Nutrisyon, the Foundation's major initiative, is a community-based supplemental feeding program which focuses on addressing child hunger and malnutrition in chosen communities.

The two foundations are currently undertaking a feeding program in Baco, Occidental Mindoro where more than 300 undernourished children receive nutritious meals and vitamins.

Present during the renewal of contract were CDO Foodsphere & OFI's President, Jerome D. Ong, GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.'s EVP & COO Rikki Escudero-Catibog, GMAKFI's media supervisor Tracy G. Cruz and OFI Team headed by their Executive Director Dindo A. Danao.