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Africa: 20 Million More Children in Sub-Saharan Africa Now Receive Govt-Led School Meals – WFP Report

eriinfo.com12 hours ago06 mins

DAKAR/JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI: Twenty million more children in Sub-Saharan Africa are now receiving school meals through government-led programmes than in 2022, according to the latest edition of the State of School Feeding Worldwide, a flagship global biennial report released today by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The African continent has seen the most significant rise…

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Africa: Feeding the Future – Africa Surges Ahead On School Meals

eriinfo.com13 hours ago012 mins

Millions of new students are benefitting from school meals, as governments increasingly take leadership of WFP-supported programmes At Olympic Secondary School, in Nairobi’s informal settlement of Kibera, 17-year-old Mercy Mmboga carefully inspects the growth of young spinach leaves, arranged in rows of recycled plastic pipes in the school’s backyard. “I learned about hydroponics in agriculture…