THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD

Published purpose

This project aims to offer school feeding activities to help systematically eliminate barriers related to educating students, especially girls, in high-priority regions of Burkina Faso, namely, Sahel, Boucle du Mouhoun, Nord, Centre-Nord and Est. This project works to improve access, retention, gender equality, equity and protection of children, particularly for girls. Project activities include: 1) the implementation of regular school feeding programs, but also emergency school feeding programs to meet the growing needs of host communities and thousands of displaced people; 2) distribution of 3,300 tons of food to 60,000 students, mostly girls, to provide them with a hot meal; 3) serve morning breakfasts with take-home rations to nearly 5,000 girls. The provision of take-home rations is intended to encourage parents to keep their daughters in school until the end of primary school, reducing, among other things, the risk of early marriage and pregnancy.