Food Assistance to Primary Schools : Project Lesotho 3853.01
Project / Program Summary

Sector(s):	Development
Title:	Project Lesotho 3853.01: "Food assistance to primary schools"
Donor country/ organization:	World Food Programme (WFP)
Other donors / organizations involved:	UNESCO, United Kingdom, Irish Government
Beneficiary countries / regions:	Lesotho
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions:	Ministry of Education
Duration:	5 years
Starting Date:	January 1995
Project / Program budget:	US$13.3 million
Finance / Type of cooperation:	Grant-Food Aid

Objectives
Provide nutritional support, improve attention span by alleviating short-term hunger and stabilize attendance and reduce drop-out rates at assisted schools mainly in the mountains.
Activities / contents
- Provide nutritional support to primary schoolchildren in the foothills and mountain regions, which will help to improve their attention span by alleviating the effects of short-term hunger.
- Stabilize attendance and reduce drop-out rates of students at assisted primary schools predominantly in the mountain regions.
Expected outcomes / impacts
- Cooked meals for 180 days a year for 192,000 primary schoolchildren attending schools in targeted areas.
- Average monthly attendance rates to be stabilized at 90% minimum.
- Drop-out rates not to exceed 20%
- Primary school leaving examination pass rates to be not less than 80% of students taking examination.
Features in line with the Agenda for Action
This project is in line with the agenda for action, as it covers Education.

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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