Title:
World Food Programme School Health and Nutrition
Agreement Number:
7446634 P012026001
Agreement Value:
$11,200,000.00
Agreement Date:
Dec 30, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
Description:
The World Food Programme (WFP) School Health and Nutrition project will provide school girls and boys with improved and equal nutrition status through increased access to gender-responsive school-based nutrition packages, nutrition and health education interventions, and gender-inclusive engagement of local smallholder farmers. The three-year (FY2023-2025), $11 million project will provide two daily nutritious meals to over 32,000 schoolchildren in vulnerable food insecure regions of Somalia and South Sudan. WFP will also build community resilience by linking female smallholder famers to local agricultural support programmes to increase the use of women-produced local crops. The project will also support Canada’s international assistance and the strategic priorities for Somalia and South Sudan through women’s economic empowerment and human capital development through innovative gender-responsive, nutrition-sensitive, shock-responsive interventions and behaviour change communication.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) Increase in diet diversity and an improvement in the nutritional/micronutrient status of targeted schoolchildren. (2) School aged girls and boys will see improved psycho-social (attention, motivation, and cognition) as a result of project activities. (3) School aged girls and boys will have increased rates of registration, attendance, and retention in school, as well as improved educational performance and long-term prospects for livelihoods. (4) Communities will see improved resilience as a result of social and behavioural change communication interventions, and improved gender-inclusive market linkages at the local level.
Reference Number:
064-2022-2023-Q3-00080
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
WFP - World Food Programme
Program:
International Development Assistance Program
Program Purpose:
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.