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Primary School Feeding in Arid and Semi-arid Lands : Kenya 2502.03
Project / Programme Summary

I.Basic data

Sector(s): Education
Title: Kenya 2502.03 "Primary school feeding in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs)"
Donor country / organization: World Food Programme (WFP)
Other donors / organisations involved: WFP/UNESCO
Beneficiary countries / regions: Kenya - 8 arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) and division of semi-arid food-insecure districts
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions: Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Education (MOE)
Duration: Five years
Starting Date: 1996
Project / Program budget: US$17,941,500 to WFP; US$8,266,143 to
to the Government of Kenya
Finance / Type of cooperation: Grant - food aid

II.Project / program description

  1. Objectives
    The project, originally launched in 1979, aims at maintaining an increased rate of enrolment, preventing drop-outs and stabilizing attendance, and improving the children's attention span and, ultimately, their learning capacity by relieving short-term hunger.
  2. Activities / contents
    Food is provided to school children in the eight arid districts and in those division of semi-arid districts where food insecurity and educational needs coincide and are at their highest. A careful selection of beneficiaries based on educational criteria is undertaken while, at the same time, models and guidelines are developed for sustainable feeding programmes involving local communities, as WFP assistance is gradually scaled down over a five-year period. Based on this strategy, the total number of beneficiaries will decrease from 350,000 during the first year to 75,000 in year five. A flexible strategy for the supply of WFP commodities has been developed which involves either direct import or local purchase, as appropriate.
  3. Expected outcomes / impacts
    The project's expected outputs are as follows:
    1. enrolment at assisted pre-primary and primary schools will increase by an average of four percent a year, and the average daily attendance rates at assisted schools will be maintained at 80 percent minimum; and
    2. an annual average of 218,000 pre-primary day students will be fed for a total of 195 days a year (three 65-day school terms) and 16,600 pupils boarding at LBC schools will be fed for 273 days per scholastic year. The percentage of beneficiary distribution by gender is estimated at 38 girls and 62 boys.
  4. Features in line with the Agenda for Action
    This WFP project is in line with the Agenda for action, as it covers one of its topics, i.e. education.

III.Contact point:

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

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