BACOLOD CITY (PIA) –- The Sangguniang Kabataan Federation of Bacolod City beefed up pre-pandemic efforts on health and food security to address pressing needs of the times.

Bacolod City SK Federation President and Councilor Ayesha Joy Villaflor, during her guesting on the Network Briefing News program, shared that the SK’s monthly medical mission and hydroponic gardening they have started before COVID-19 pandemic became more relevant at this time.

packs, hygiene kits, medicines, and vitamins, especially to the elderly, vulnerable sectors of the community, and the children.

The SK Federation of Bacolod is currently making a prototype of the SK Council of Barangay Mansilangan’s hydrophonic gardening project dubbed ‘Food House Project’ so other puroks and barangays can replicate it.

According to Villaflor, it is one of the easiest ways to garden and is more advantageous than soil-growing plants because it's cheaper and vegetables are produced faster.

The SK council in Barangay Mansilingan sells the hydrophonic produce and gives the proceeds to vulnerable sectors in the barangay. (AAL/EAD-PIA6 Negros Occidental)