A Dubai Cares delegation recently embarked on a trip to Ethiopia to inspect the progress of the organisation’s three-year integrated Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) pilot programme.
The programme is being implemented in 30 schools to address the health and nutrition needs of approximately 30,700 primary school age children in the Southern Nations and Nationalities Peoples’ Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia.
The Dh15 million project aims to enhance primary school enrolment rates, reduce absenteeism and improve the cognitive learning abilities of the children.
Mada Al Suwaidi, programmes officer at Dubai Cares, said: “During the field visit, I was impressed to see that the community members have constructed school kitchens for the feeding to take place, and have also built a dining area in the schools so children can have a place to eat. Overall, this programme has proven to be vital to the school children as well as the community.”
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