Father Vasquez said a friend gifted him a pair of rabbits last year. He noticed that the small mammals breed easily.
“In just one year, one rabbit can multiply to more than a hundred,” said the priest. “It’s the perfect response to the problem of hunger,” he said.
On Tuesday, Oct. 26, the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace Parish launched its “Rabbit Dispersal Project,” which was supported by the city mayor, the congressman of the district, and the government’s Department of Agriculture. The parish aims to distribute rabbits to 100,000 poor families in the next 12 months.
The recipients will, however, have to undergo a training workshop on how to properly raise and breed the rabbits.
Those who will finish the seminar workshop will receive a rabbit cage, a two-month-old “upgraded breed rabbit,” an “automatic drinker,” two kilograms of pellets, a nest box, and a rabbit raising manual.
According to a 2021 World Bank Group report “Undernutrition in the Philippines,” urban residents of the country on average pay more for nutritious diets than rural residents. “At the extreme, Metro Manila residents pay a 69 percent premium” for nutritious food, the report noted. The shrine is located on the northern outskirts of Manila.
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