Chronic food insecurity and structural poverty seriously reduce opportunities for children in many parts of Rwanda to complete their primary education.
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Interview: Christa Räder, World Food Programme Country Director for Sierra Leone
More resources are needed to increase the number of children who receive a daily meal and acquire basic education in Sierra Leone.
Read More »Catholic Relief Services – Helping Children Since World War II
School meals provided by Catholic Relief Services benefited many Bosnian children by improving their nutrition, class attendance and education.
Read More »Interview with Olga Keita, World Food Programme Deputy Country Director for Burkina Faso
Because of poverty, only 48% of children in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso go to school, and the situation is even worse for girls.
Read More »Interview with Carla Honwana of the World Food Programme in Mozambique
Rising food prices are projected to have a negative impact on school attendance rates and quality of education in Mozambique.
Read More »Interview: Nicolas Babu, School Feeding Program Officer for WFP Madagascar
School feeding acts as an incentive to persuade parents to enroll and keep their children in school.
Read More »Interview with GianCarlo Cirri, World Food Programme Country Director for Mauritania
Approximately 40,000 children were affected by the closure of school canteens in 242 schools in 2007/2008.
Read More »Interview: GianPietro Bordignon, Country Director for the World Food Programme in Egypt
Hunger and poverty have severe implications for poor families and how they choose to use their available resources.
Read More »Interview with Wilfred Banmbuh, World Food Programme Country Director for the Republic of Congo
WFP’s goal is for every child in Congo to attend school. Hunger should not be the reason a child is denied an education.
Read More »Interview with Sara Moussavi, World Food Programme Officer for School Feeding In Sudan
WFP hopes to see a national school feeding program materialize that will offer school meals to all children in Sudan.
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