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The funding will enable WFP to purchase 985 MT of maize and 245 MT of yellow split peas and benefit 42,000 school children for one year in Bubanza, Bujumbura, and Cibitoke Provinces of the country. Speaking during a launch event at Buganda elementary school in Cibitoke Province, H. E.

With more than 6 million people uprooted from their homes and livelihoods, and 4.6 million cases of children requiring treatment for malnourishment country wide, this donation comes at a critical time.

The publication "Ensuring Sustainable Financing of School Meals in West Africa" explores the importance of Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes, which provide nutritious, locally-sourced meals to schoolchildren. These programmes support local economies and enhance children's education and health.

Bhutanese children and the wider public are experiencing the triple burden of malnutrition - undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies.

World Food Programme (2023). Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa – Investing in School Based Programmes.       Annual Country Reports Available at: Annual Country Reports 2023 | World Food Programme (wfp.org)

“Education and the wellbeing of Central African children have always been on top of our priorities.

It’s 10:15 am in Velyka Mykhailivka, in the Odesa region of Ukraine, and around 100 young faces aged six to ten are lining up in the school canteen to receive their daily meal.

The Nobel Peace Prize gives WFP recognition “for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict”.

The programme, closely coordinated with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, was launched in 2016 to boost students’ health, learning and access to education.