Assistant to the Jayapura municipal government, Widhi Hartanti, stated in the city on Thursday that two of the planned locations are linked to a vocational high school and a junior high school.
"The SPPGs to be developed by the Jayapura municipal government will be managed by the National Nutrition Agency (BGN)," she said.
Separately, Secretary of the Jayapura Education Office, Yoppi Hanuebi, noted that Jayapura currently has seven operational SPPGs spread across four sub-districts, excluding South Jayapura, with the number expected to grow.
He added that the MBG program had so far reached 22,144 people in the city, including schoolchildren, breastfeeding mothers, and pregnant women.
President Prabowo Subianto introduced the MBG program as a strategic means not only to help improve people's nutritional intake and quality of human resources but also to stimulate economic activities, as it empowers farmers, ranchers, and other business players.
Since its launch on January 6 this year, the national program has catered to the nutritional needs of approximately 20 million as of August, with the broader target of covering at least 82.9 million people by the end of 2025.
This progress has been made possible by the presence of over five thousand SPPGs operating across 38 provinces forming Indonesia.
It should be noted that the BGN is not working alone in increasing the number of such kitchens, as other institutions, including the National Police (Polri) and Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), are also making contributions.
Polri Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has set a target of setting up 500 SPPGs by this year's end, while Kadin Chairperson Anindya Bakrie said that his side had provided Rp540 billion (over US$33 million) to build 270 kitchens.
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Translator: Evarukdijati, Tegar Nurfitra
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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