What would be the sources of funding for any expansion of the school feeding program?
The current program will expire on December 31, 2008. We are currently working with both our regional office and our headquarters to expand of the project for an additional two years.
What has been the effect of high food prices in this funding effort?
The new school year will start on October 2008. We wish to complete a more thorough survey on how the increase of food prices has been affecting family members. We know the price of rice alone has already increased more than 60%. Following the survey, the daily ration will likely increase. At the same time, we wish to encourage the school gardening and Food for Work (FFW) program with the World Bank to cope with the problem.
How can someone help the school feeding program?
People in the community can help by becoming more integrated in the school gardening project, which helps to improve the diet. Externally, we wish to ask other institutions to work closely with us to create a unified plan for the improvement of education.
Anything else you'd like to add about why you think school feeding is important for people to support.
Apart from the basic right of access to food, school feeding is very important to help promote education in general. Without this project, education in Guinea-Bissau would be more collapsed.
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