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Browsing: School feeding programme
- ECOWAS member states fed 22.4 million school-going children in 2022, up from 20 million learners in 2020.
- This represents 42% of the 53 million school children in Sub-Saharan Africa who were fed through school feeding programs last year.
- School feeding intervention, as it happens in Rwanda, can immensely boost agriculture, education, health and nutrition, and social protection sectors.
The past two years have seen West African countries grapple with a number of crises driven by conflict, climate shocks, and a slow recovery from COVID-19 economic fallout worsened by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member States are, however, defying these tough economic times, emerging as having fed the largest number of school-aged children in Africa.
According to The 2022 State of School Feeding Worldwide report, Ecowas member states fed 22.4 million school-going children in 2022. This was an increase from 20 million children fed …