| Rokiah Mahmud |
A TOTAL of 1,215 students from low-income families across Brunei Darussalam have benefited from the Breakfast for School (BFS) programme, which first began as a pilot project in 2016, involving 200 students from four schools in the Brunei-Muara District.
The initial efforts to keep underprivileged students from going hungry would go on to produce positive results for the participants in terms of school attendance, discipline, sense of well-being and self-esteem.
For the 2017 BFS Programme, Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (YSHHB) partnered with Ideal Multifeed Farm Sdn Bhd to provide 131,538 eggs that were distributed to the students twice a week.
Additionally, YSHHB also provides 65,769 packs of full cream milk for the students involved.
Moreover, contributions from school staff, community members and private individuals have enabled the breakfast provisions to take place on a near-daily basis, with some variations to the menu.
In view of the project’s success, a certificate presentation was held yesterday for Multifeed Farm (Brunei) Sdn Bhd, along with the organising teachers of the BFS Programme, private donors and transport service coordinators.
The certificates were presented by Dato Seri Paduka Awang Haji Abdul Mokti bin Haji Mohd Daud, the Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs, in his capacity as a member of the YSHHB Board of Directors.
In her speech, Hajah Donnaliza binti Abdullah Puasa, the Assistant Managing Director of YSHHB, thanked Ideal Multifeed Farm for donating and delivering eggs for 46 days to the Tutong District; 53 days to the Brunei-Muara District; 58 days to the Belait District; and 46 days to the Temburong District.
In 2016, the pilot project was jointly organised by YSHHB and the Department of Schools of the Ministry of Education, with the collaboration of Royal Brunei Catering Sdn Bhd, Gardenia Food Industries Sdn Bhd and the 4WD Association.
This year, 13 schools were involved in the BFS Programme: Awang Semaun Secondary School, Masin Secondary School, Lumapas Primary School and Junjongan Primary School in the Brunei-Muara District; Sayyidina Othman Secondary School, Tanjong Maya Secondary School, Pehin Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School and Perpindahan Kampong Bukit Beruang Primary School in Tutong District; Perdana Wazir Secondary School, Anthony Abell College, Pengiran Setia Negara Pengiran Muhammad Yusof Primary School and Muhammad Alam Primary School in the Belait District; and Sultan Hassan Secondary School in the Temburong District.
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