“Ferdinand Marcos Sr. initiated the Nutribun Feeding Project in the 1970s.”
What Vera Files found
The Nutribun feeding program was developed from 1968 to 1970 by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to combat child malnutrition in the Philippines and serve as emergency food during disasters. The Marcos Sr. administration was responsible for its distribution to school children.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Imee Marcos made this claim around 11 September 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 15 September 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
Imee Marcos has 18 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 10 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- legacy.senate.gov.phhttps://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2022/0911_marcosi1.asp
- mb.com.phhttps://mb.com.ph/2022/09/12/imee-revives-marcos-sr-s-nutribun-feeding-program/
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
Related checks
- Vera Files: Kailangan ng konteksto“Pinasimulan ni Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ang Nutribun Feeding Project noong 1970s.”