From backyard garden to community pantry

Boy Scouts of the Philippines Cabanatuan City Council organised a series of community service projects to engage Scouts in reaching out to communities affected by the pandemic. 

Various projects were introduced related to Green the Earth, Quarantanim, and community pantry. 

Messengers of Peace Green the Earth Project

The project supports the community set up of green spaces in each household's backyards. Scouts distributed 110 fruit-bearing tree seedlings in Barangay Magsaysay Norte and Sur in Cabanatuan City. The project helps to promote not only the family’s health and well-being by encourages them to eat organic food more and live a green lifestyle through eco-friendly solutions.

Quarantanim Project

Council members distributed free vegetable seedlings to the community under the Urban Agriculture project (UAP), a flagship program of the BSP. Quarantanim project helps people to minimize the risk of COVID-19 infection during community quarantine by limiting movements outside the house to buy food. The project will help these communities to plant and grow their own vegetables in their homes. Twelve kinds of vegetable seedlings were distributed to 150 families.

Community Pantry

Community pantries were set up in Barangay San Juan Accfa and Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija. Scouts distributed free vegetables from the UAP project and relief food such as canned goods, instant noodles, bread, and other items to around 200 people. 

Another community pantry was set up in Barangay Quezon with the help of KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL and the barangay district. It provided immediate food relief to the people in the community.