THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD
$45,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2023-2024
- Agreement period
- November 28, 2023 – May 1, 2028
- Project status
- Implementation
- Reference
- CA-3-P010364001
Published purpose
The project aims to reduce child malnutrition and improve school attendance and academic success by providing a daily meal to Haitian schoolchildren. The project seeks to increase income and longer-term resilience for smallholder farmers by promoting local food products’ purchase to support creating employment opportunities and building local capacities. Project activities includes: (1) providing a complete and nutritious daily meal to up to 100,000 preschool and primary school children across more than 400 schools in Haiti; (2) working with over 70 agricultural producer organizations to source food from smallholder farmers; (3) supporting over 200 smallholder farmers to help improve the quality of their products by financing the installation of processing facilities and equipment; and (4) providing technical training to over 200 smallholder farmers on storing and conserving grain, quality control, and reducing post-harvest losses.
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This project provides daily nutritious meals to up to 100,000 Haitian schoolchildren and supports local smallholder farmers through food sourcing, equipment financing, and technical training to improve food quality and reduce post-harvest losses.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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