17.3 million school children benefit from WFP meals

 

17.3 million school

 children benefit from Wfpmeals 

Better health and nutrition allow children to learn and perform better, broadening their educational opportunities. School feeding empowers girls by dissuading parents from marrying them off early, acts as an incentive for families to enrol and keep children in school, relieves parents from having to budget for lunches. The WFP strategy (2020 – 2030) lays out its vision of working with governments and partners to jointly ensure that all primary schoolchildren have access to good quality meals in school, accompanied by a broader integrated package of health and nutrition services.

School meals represent 10 percent of the income of poor and vulnerable households, a significant saving for families with more than one child.