Support to Primary Education: Project Mag-3936.01
Project / Programme Summary

Sector(s):	Development
Title:	Project Mag-3936.01:"Support to primary education"
Donor Country / organization:	World Food Programme (WFP)
Other donors / organizations involved:	The World Bank
Beneficiary countries / regions:	Madagascar (Tulear)
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions:	Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education
Duration:	3 years
Starting Date:	To be determined.
Project / Program budget:	US$2,575,933
Finance / Type of cooperation:	Grant - Food Aid

Objectives
Support the Government efforts in its strategy against the poverty; as well as, in its efforts to promote human resources within of reinforcing the primary education attendance.
Activities / contents
- Provide foods to 38,645 school children.
- Encourage the families to enrol children keeping a regular attendance.
- Avoid the short-term hunger within a food nutritional complement.
Expected outcomes / impacts
- Increase the school enrolment.
- Increase the attendance.
- Contribute to the elaboration of a master file including indicators of enrolment, attendance and absence.
- Contribute to the reduction of the short-term hunger.
- Improve the schools' infrastructure by building refectories; as well as, the schools' infrastructure.
- Constitute a 4,200 cookers group to be trained in nutrition aspects to combine appropriated menus.
Features in line with the Agenda for Action
This project is in line with the agenda for action, as it is covers Education.

WFP Africa Region Bureau (OSA)	Fax.: 0039-6-6513-2839
Mr. Mohamed Zejjari, Regional Director OSA	Tel.: 0039-6-6513-2201
Mr. Tun Myat, Director RE	Tel.: 0039-6-6513-2009

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