Busog, Lusog, Talino (BLT) School Feeding Program

The Busog, Lusog, Talino (BLT) School Feeding Program started in 2007, providing daily lunch to help undernourished children remain in school and learn better. Through BLT, JGF and its partners provided daily meals to undernourished children to help them stay in school. Since 2007, the project has helped increase the attendance of pupils in class.

In 2015, JGF partnered with the Department of Education (DepEd), local government units and NGOs to set up central kitchens that serve clusters of schools for the DepEd school-based feeding program. The program has since taken a different approach to further strengthen Jollibee Group Foundation’s (JGF) support to the Department of Education’s (DepEd) School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP). Aside from providing facilities and equipment, parent volunteers in the Kitchens were also trained on preparing nutritious recipes and food safety and quality standards. The centralized process eases the implementation of SBFP and enables feeding more children with a shorter preparation time.

With the Department of Education (DepEd) announcing its plan to have one central kitchen per division for its school-based feeding program (SBFP), the Busog, Lusog, Talino Central Kitchen of the Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) has become the department’s model for expansion.

At the start of 2023, DepEd Central reached out to JGF for a partnership that involves:

1. coaching regional DepEd personnel in stakeholder management, particularly pitching to local government units (LGUs) to build central kitchens for the SBFP
2. elevating 15 BLT kitchens to become training centers and operational models for those who want to have their own central kitchens
3. co-producing materials for BLT training, coaching and promotion

While construction of the BLT kitchens may be funded by JGF or a local implementing partner such as the LGU, the daily operations of the kitchens are funded by DepEd for its school-based feeding program.

JGF currently has 43 BLT kitchens in 33 sites.