SFP Reduced Hunger And Poverty
The Ghana school feeding programme in collaboration with African Union Development Agency (AUDA)- NEPAD has taken the lead in developing a modern verification through innovative digital tool for home grown school feeding programme.
The initiative was supported by the World Food Programme (WFP) to correct all delusion and negative human interruptions aimed at reducing hunger and poverty .
School feeding programmes play a crucial role in addressing malnutrition, improving children’s health and educational outcomes.
The AU/NEPAD team were in the country to learn about Ghana’s best practices in the management and implementation of the home grown school feeding and also share their best experience with Ghana.
The program was held at Alisa hotel in Accra, on Wednesday December, 11 2024.
AUDA-NEPAD’s vision for the Home Grown School Feeding is aimed at fully utilizing the produce of local farmers in Africa, improve nutrition among children, ensure food security and food safety as well as reduce poverty among smallholder farmers.
Kefilwe Moalosi in addressing the participants and stakeholders consultative workshop to review the development and School Feeding Programme implementation guideline and Monitoring tool towards alleviating hunger, said this will help increase attendance and enrolment, reduce dropout rate, and ensure that children learn and perform better in school.
Moalosi Acknowledged the management team of the Ghana School Feeding Programme for leading the charge to create a strong connection between caterers and local farmers in the various communities engagement and economic development.
To add her voice, Mad. Paulina Abbey Director, Food Safety Desk at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture noted that her ministry has been focusing on improving the quality of school meals in the country.
According to her, One way of improving the school meals is by using a tool that facilitates the process of planning nutritious meals because planning a meal menu is often a difficult task and that requires expertise.
Dr. Clement Adjorlolo, Phd, Principal Programme Officer, Agriculture and Rural Transformation at AUDA -NEPAD, on his part remarked on achieving objectives of school feeding programs.
“Together we can build a brighter future for generations to come. We will only reach our goal to zero hunger, if we all walk together– we have to run together towards our goal!With these remarks, once again, thank you very much Ghana government for collaborating with AUDA-NEPAD to domesticate the continental school feeding guidelines through the engagement of school feeding implementers, especially at community level to contribute to the food and nutrition security outcomes.” he stated.
According to him, the data compiled by the AU in 2019 indicates that the figure drawn from 51 countries representing a massive increase from 38.4 million in 2013.
He added that “Many African countries now seek technical assistance in designing, implementing, managing, monitoring, and evaluating HGSF programmes”.
“This AUDA-NEPAD HGSF Guideline document is therefore meant to fill this gap and provide general direction as well as technical guidance to AU Member States who wish to establish or strengthen their HGSF programmes to create a genuinely multi-sectoral win-win scenario,” he added.
By: Frank owusuObimpeh
