Home Grown School Feeding initiative launches in Zanzibar, credit Charlotte Broyd
Analysis shows well-designed school feeding programmes have multiple benefits. Effective school meals programmes boost primary school enrolment and attendance, raising educational achievement levels. They also improve nutrition and often bring economic benefits to communities, according to a new analysis. 'The Global School Feeding Sourcebook: Lessons from 14 Countries' looks at how school feeding programmes work in a series of countries spanning Africa, India and South and Central America. It is published by Imperial's Partnership for Child Development in collaboration with the World Food Programme and the World Bank. PCD works to raise educational achievement through support for better school health nutrition in low and middle income countries. The analysis aims to provide findings and data, which will give countries worldwide the knowledge and evidence to boost their national school feeding efforts.
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