Gibran Tries Free Nutritious Eating With A Menu For IDR 14,900, Complete With Milk

Vice President-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka at SDN Sentul 03, Bogor Regency, West Java, Tuesday (23/7/2024). (ANTARA/M Fikri Setiawan)

BOGOR - The elected Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka tested the implementation of the Free Nutrition Eating Program with a menu worth IDR 14,900 at SDN Sentul 03 and 02, Bogor Regency, West Java, today. "Today's menu costs Rp. 14,900, including chicken, rice, vegetables, fruits, and milk. This also clarifies that the budget will be cut to Rp. 7,500, that's not true," said Gibran after reviewing the trial of the Free Nutrition Eating program at SDN Sentul 02 quoted from Antara, Tuesday, July 23. He ensured that the free nutritious food program budget would not be reduced to Rp7,500 per serving. "For our children, the next generation of the nation, the budget should not be stingy. The menu is different, but it is impossible to reduce the budget to Rp7,500," said Gibran. According to him, this program will continue to be tested until October 2024 ahead of the inauguration of the President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 2024-2029. During the trial stage, the implementation of this nutritious lunch is carried out with various schemes, until a scheme is finally chosen which is considered the most effective. These schemes range from utilizing MSMEs, small stalls, warteg, to small catering, in the procurement of food. "So later if there is something missing, there is something that needs to be evaluated, I will immediately blow up, we until October will try various schemes," said the former Surakarta Mayor. Gibran arrived at the location at 09.00 WIB greeted by students and the public who asked to take selfies. He was accompanied by Gojek President Go on-Demand Service Business Unit GoTo Catherine Hindra Sutjahyo and Head of the Bogor Regency Education Office Bambang Widodo Tawekal distributing packaged milk and notebooks while greeting students in the school yard. Gibran directly distributed the food packages with the white rice, fried chicken, vegetables, fruit, and milk menus to students in classrooms.

Hundreds of food packages for the Free Nutrition Food Program were delivered to schools using a delivery service between Gojek, by deploying dozens of online motorcycle taxi drivers.