9th Africa Day of School Feeding Theme: Investing in Home Grown School Feeding to transform education systems - for an inclusive, and prosperous future of the African Continent au.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from au.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TUBMANBURG, Bomi County – The head of Programmes of Mary’s Meals Liberia, Lusungu Ngulube, has pledged the institution’s commitment to continue supporting the school feeding program in the country. Ngulube made the statement at the commemoration of t
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March 01, 2021
Children more likely to return to school and local economies to recover from the devastating impact of COVID-19 in the continent
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The 6th African Day of School Feeding (ADSF), was celebrated under the theme “Harnessing Africa’s Traditional Knowledge and Food to Support Home-Grown School Feeding Programmes and Systems During COVID-19 Response and Beyond”. The date marked the commitment of African countries to strengthen and consolidate political will for school feeding on the continent.
Across Africa, one in two school children, or over 65 million children received a nutritious meal in school every day in 2019, a massive increase from 38.4 million in 2013. This was until the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions in learning and ended a decade of growth for school meal programmes in 2020. The African Union Commission in a new report launched on the 6th Day of the Africa School Feeding day, underscored that African