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Food Assistance to the Community School Feeding Program
Project / Program Summary

I.Basic data

Sector(s): Nutrition, Education
Title: Food Assistance to the Community School Feeding
Programme (Project number 3358.02)
Donor country/ organization: WFP
Other donors / organizations involved: Ministry of Plan, Ministry of Education
Beneficiary countries / regions: IVORY COAST
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions: Ministry of Education
Duration: 4 years
Starting Date:
Project / Program budget: WFP USD 4,776,203 and Government
USD 7,374,030
Finance / Type of cooperation: Grant/Food Aid

II.Project / program description

  1. Objectives
    The project aims at supporting Government efforts for increasing children's enrolment and retention in primary school, particularly in the rural areas. The project should help contribute to improving and universalising basic education, and should reduce geographical and gender imbalances. WFP assistance to the education sector in Ivory Coast began in 1989 with project IVC 3358.00. The present expansion aims at targeting the northern provinces and to progressively substitute WFP assistance by local community inputs.
  2. Activities / contents
    Through the daily distribution of a meal to all pupils, the project will contribute to increase the number of children going to primary school. Parents and local communities will participate in the food basket with inputs of 45 per cent produced or purchased locally. Thirty percent of the total beneficiaries in each school, belonging to the poorest families will be selected to get a free ration; and two thirds among them will be girls. The food aid commitment which totals 5,928 metric tons will benefit an average of 65,000 children. During the first year of the project WFP assistance will represent 62.5% for food resources versus 37.5% for the local communities, and will decrease gradually 10%/90% ratio in the last year of the project.
  3. Expected outcomes / impacts
    The project will contribute to raise enrolment and attendance rates (gross enrolment ratio up to 8% drop-out rate less than 5%), and will encourage girls to attend schools to reduce gender imbalance. The project will augment pupils' capacity to learn by providing them with a nutritional complement.
    The schools selected by the project will benefit from rehabilitate or new buildings (stores, canteens, kitchen).
    The project will also reinforce the commitment of local communities via their direct participation in the school canteens, through school management committees and parent's associations.
  4. Features in line with the Agenda for Action
    The present project is in line with the agenda for action in areas of poverty alleviation, education, health and prerequisites for development.

III.Contact point:

WFP Africa Region Bureau (OSA) Fax: 0039-06-6513-2839
Mr. Mohamed Zejjari, Regional Director OSA Tel: 0039-06-6513-2201
Mr. Tun Myat, Director RE Tel: 0039-06-6513-2009

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