Manila, March 13 -- Funds are available to support the nutrition and continued schooling of teenage mothers enrolled in public schools, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday.

Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Finance, noted that of the PHP25.6 billion allocated for the School-Based Feeding Program, around PHP369 million is set aside to provide nutritional support to at least 140,000 nutritionally at-risk pregnant adolescents.

"Mahalagang mabigyan natin ng pagkakataon ang mga batang ina na maipagpatuloy ang kanilang pag-aaral para hindi sila tuluyang mawalan ng pag-asa sa mas magandang kinabukasan (It is important that we give young mothers the opportunity to continue their education so they will not lose hope for a bett...