By Patricia Gayle Siriban | Manager, Business Development
In December 2025, PBSP marked a new beginning for mothers and children in Mabuhay, Zamboanga Sibugay with the launch of a new cohort of the MaMa First 1000 Days Program. This momentum continued in March 2026 with the rollout of another cohort in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, expanding the program’s reach to more underserved communities.
Thirty (30) nutritionally at-risk pregnant women were enrolled in Mabuhay, while another thirty (30) mothers joined the program in Don Salvador Benedicto. Across both sites, these women are taking their first step toward safer and healthier pregnancies. They received free antenatal tests and multiple micronutrient supplements, critical interventions that for many represent their first access to consistent maternal care. These early investments give their children a better chance at a healthy start during the most crucial window of development, the first 1,000 days of life.
But this intervention goes beyond a single day of support. Over the next 36 months, we will accompany these mothers through a continuum of care, from pregnancy to early childhood, providing nutrition education, complementary feeding, and sustained community-based support systems. The goal is clear: to reduce child malnutrition and stunting across the community, not just in individual households.
The MaMa First 1000 Days Program is one of PBSP’s flagship NextGen Initiatives, designed to deliver long-term, scalable solutions to the country’s most pressing challenges in health, education, environment, and livelihood. In Mabuhay and Don Salvador Benedicto, it begins with 30 mothers, but its impact is meant to ripple far beyond them.
By Monette Varona | Senior Relationship Management Officer
By Monette Varona | Senior Relationship Management Officer
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