Status of Approved Projects

Project Approvals
       Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO)

       World Food Program (WFP)

CS=Corn-Soy; CSB=Corn-Soy Blend; HRW=Hard Red Winter; NFDM=Nonfat Dry Milk; NS=Northern Spring; SF=Soy-Fortified; WSB=Wheat-Soy Blend

PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS

Albania / Catholic Relief Services
GFE-182-2001/675-00
The program targets 4,000 pre-school children in 40 kindergartens. CRS will use the commodities to provide nutritious meals for these vulnerable students and to spur the development of Parent-School Partnerships.

Albania / CARE
GFE-182-2001/834-00
The program will conduct school feeding programs for about 15,000 students. CARE will also implement a school rehabilitation program to repair 30 schools. These activities will be supported by monetization of approximately 18,500 tons of U.S. wheat.

Albania / Mercy-USA
GFE-182-2002/987-00
During the 2002 school year, MUSA will provide school lunches to 30,000 primary students in targeted rural and urban communities in north and central Albania. In addition to distributing the rice, corn oil, and wheat flour as bread, MUSA will barter 4,000 metric tons of the wheat flour for locally produced foodstuffs necessary for well-balanced meals for primary students.

Bangladesh / Land O’Lakes
GFE-388-2002/963-00
LOL will implement a school feeding program that will distribute aseptically packed, ultra-high-temperature-treated milk and fortified wheat biscuits to approximately 350,000 school children throughout the school year. LOL will also use sales proceeds to support the costs of training dairy and food processors to upgrade their operational capacity, monitoring, and evaluation.

Benin / Catholic Relief Services
GFE-680-2001/677-00
The program will provide two meals each school day to 10,000 students over the school year. CRS will also provide commodities to Parent-Teacher Associations to complement the communities= implementation of school canteen projects to approximately 3,500 girls in 60 schools in the northern region of Benin.

Bhutan / World Food Program
GFW-366-2001/688-00
GFW-366-2001/742-00
The WFP’s school feeding program in Bhutan continues to provide assistance to over 31,000 children. The project now provides two cooked meals a day for boarding school children and one meal for children attending day school. WFP and the government of Bhutan have placed special emphasis on increasing the attendance of girls because of resistance from parents to allowing girls to be educated at boarding schools. WFP will increase participation in the school feeding program by an additional 15,000 children.

Bolivia / Project Concern International
GFE-511-2001/679-00
In addition to providing a one-year school feeding program, PCI plans to monetize nonfat dry milk and wheat. The proceeds will be used to increase the number of meals served to school children; increase enrollment and attendance, especially for females; and increase the number of teachers trained in participatory classroom methods.

Bolivia / World Food Program
GFW-511-2001/689-00
In Bolivia, the program will provide educational support to pre-school and primary school children in the most depressed areas of the country. The feeding activity will enable young children and nursing mothers to meet their special nutritional and nutrition-related health needs, and enable poor households to invest in human capital through education and training. The USDA donations will feed an estimated 102,000 recipients.

Bosnia and Herzegovina / Catholic Relief Services
GFE-168-2001/676-00
During the 2001/2002 school year, CRS will provide a nutritional snack or sandwich daily to 30,000 vulnerable students in approximately 100 schools throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. The contents of the snacks or sandwiches will vary by what is available locally, and nutritional values will be based on the age of the students. CRS will organize and work with parent councils to identify, develop, and implement projects that promote more community involvement in schools and increased parental involvement in education.

Cambodia / World Food Program
GFW-442-2001/690-00
In Cambodia, through an ongoing school feeding program which began in October 1999, this WFP program is designed to relieve "short-term" hunger among school children, particularly those living in remote rural areas. Another important aspect of this program encourages female students to enroll and stay in school. It's expected that in the long-term, Cambodia will eventually be responsible for its school feeding program as a result of structural reforms now being put in place.

Cameroon / World Food Program
GFW-631-2001/691-00
In Cameroon, assistance is provided on a priority basis to schools in poverty-ridden areas of four provinces where enrollment rates are markedly below the national average. The goals are to increase school enrollment and attendance. The project calls for local communities to run and finance their schools, while WFP assistance will be limited to the primary sector and rural areas. Take-home rations will be provided to senior girls. The program envisions providing rations for 49,000.

Chad / World Food Program
GFW-442-2001/690-00
GFW-677-2001/754-00
With USDA's contribution, WFP is providing a hot lunch for children in primary schools in the most vulnerable zone of the Sahel in Chad. Girls' education is promoted through take-home family rations as part of a joint UNICEF/WFP initiative.

Colombia / World Food Program
GFW-514-2001/694-00
In Colombia, WFP will exchange donated wheat for local food commodities in order to improve the nutritional status of internally displaced children. This objective will be met by providing lunch to 17,000 pre-school children, and breakfast and a fortified biscuit snack to 13,000 primary school children.

Cote d'Ivoire / World Food Program
GFW-681-2001/693-00
In Cote d'Ivoire, WFP will continue to provide children with a hot lunch under the GFE initiative. A hot lunch is recognized as an important component in encouraging student enrollment and reducing the dropout rate. The program gives special attention to female school children, working to reduce the gender gap in school attendance. The government of Cote d'Ivoire strongly supports this program, covering internal transportation, storage, and handling costs incurred under the program.

Dominican Republic / Government of Dominican Republic
GFE-517-2001/687-00
The government of the Dominican Republic will use proceeds from the monetized commodities to fund community-based school feeding activities in under-served areas of the country. The program will provide grants for the most needy communities that are best able to develop proposals addressing the goals of the GFE program. In addition to school feeding, some examples of community projects that may be funded under this initiative include school infrastructure, potable water systems, rural sanitation, nutrition education, and teacher training.

Dominican Republic / World Food Program
GFW-517-2001/840-00
In the Dominican Republic, WFP continues to provide assistance in the school feeding program started in 1992. WFP has expanded the project to rural schools in ten provinces along Haiti’s poorest and most difficult to reach borders. WFP will provide an estimated 115,000 preschool and primary school children with daily hot lunches. WFP partners with the government of the Dominican Republic in this effort. Take-home rations will be provided to 60,000 girls to encourage attendance at local schools.

El Salvador / World Food Program
GFW-519-2001/696-00
In El Salvador, WFP supports school feeding programs to help alleviate hunger for around 175,800 primary and kindergarten students, including 84,700 girls in the poorest areas of the country. The school feeding program encourages good health practices both at home and at school, particularly in relation to food preparation.

Eritrea/Mercy Corps International
GFE-661-2001/647-00
During the 2001/2002 school year, MCI will distribute high-energy biscuits to approximately 35,000 primary school students in 150 schools. In addition, MCI will provide training and small grants to Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA=s) in targeted schools, as well as funds to the PTA=s to conduct information campaigns promoting education for girls.

Ethiopia / World Food Program
GFW-663-2001/697-00
GFW-663-2001/738-00
WFP’s school feeding program in Ethiopia supports 130,000 students, of whom 35 percent are girls, in three regions. The project offers feeding at schools, with local communities participating in food preparation. WFP intends to expand the project to cover an additional 233,700 primary school children (50 percent girls). The expansion would increase the number of beneficiaries within the currently supported areas, as well as expand operations to more crisis-prone, food deficit regions.

Gambia / World Food Program
GFW-635-2001/698-00
GFW-635-2001/739-00
WFP's school feeding project in Gambia targets 260 primary schools in poor, rural, food-deficit areas with low enrollment rates. The GFE project will allow WFP to continue this program and support 37,500 children, of which at least 43 percent will be girls.

Georgia / International Orthodox Christian Charities
GFE-114-2001/673-00
IOCC will implement a 12-month direct distribution program to provide school lunches to approximately 14,000 children. The program will target children ages 5-15 who are enrolled in schools in Tbilisi and in southern and western Georgia. IOCC also plans to use proceeds from the sale of wheat to support health, environmental, and civic education programs in Georgia.

Ghana / World Food Program
GFW-641-2001/699-00
In Ghana, the WFP operates a Girls' Education Program. This initiative provides take-home rations for girls that attend classes at least 85 percent of the time. Results are encouraging, both in terms of girls' enrollment and school attendance. The project is targeted to the three northern regions where poverty levels are highest and enrollment of girls is lowest. The approved project provides food to an estimated 12,900 children.

Guatemala / Catholic Relief Services
GFE-520-2002/958-00
CRS will provide 1,330 metric tons of commodities as take-home rations to primary school children and teachers to encourage increased classroom attendance and teacher training. This activity will be supplemented by local sales of 26,300 metric tons of corn to provide a daily school lunch, educational materials, and building improvements.

Guatemala / World Share
GFE-520-2001/686-00
During the 2001/2002 school year, World SHARE will implement a school feeding program that will distribute approximately 1,020 metric tons of commodities to beneficiaries in high-poverty, rural areas of Guatemala. These activities will be supported by the monetization of 20,000 metric tons of corn. World SHARE will also provide food-for-work rations to community laborers to construct primary school classrooms.

Guinea / World Food Program
GFW-675-2001/700-00
The WFP program aims to reduce food insecurity in Guinea and promote educational aspects of development. The program will target the poorest rural areas of the country and help to alleviate hunger in schoolchildren. There will be special emphasis on encouraging girls to attend school. USDA contributions to this program will help feed an estimated 114,000 participants.

Honduras / Catholic Relief Services
GFE-522-2002/982-00
During the school year, CRS will implement a school feeding program that will distribute approximately 160 metric tons of commodities to beneficiaries in southern Lempira, the poorest zone in this region. These activities will be supported by the sale of 7,400 metric tons of wheat. Proceeds from the wheat will also be used for nutrition and hygiene training, and to purchase school supplies.

Honduras / World Food Program
GFW-522-2001/701-00
The school lunches provided under WFP’s program in Honduras consist of a hot meal cooked by the parents’ committees and distributed before classes start. WFP is assisting 164,000 children through the protracted relief and recovery operation. Objectives of the school feeding program include a 10-percent reduction in dropout rates, a 15-percent reduction in absenteeism, and the strengthening of capacity and support for education in Honduras.

Kenya
GFW-615-2001/741-00
The WFP provides food assistance to thousands of school children in disadvantaged and arid regions of Kenya under this specialized school feeding program. The USDA donation will help feed approximately 47,400 children as part of this program. Multiple evaluations of this program conclude that the WFP food assistance is instrumental in encouraging attendance, limiting dropout rates, and maintaining caloric intake for nutritionally vulnerable students.

Kenya / World Food Program
GFW-615-2001/702-00
Under the school feeding component of this emergency operation, the USDA donation will provide a mid-day meal to about 1,362,000 school children in arid and semi-arid land districts. Half the schoolchildren receiving food assistance are girls. The program will help encourage school attendance for vulnerable populations during a time of drought.

Kyrgyzstan / Mercy Corps International
GFE-116-2001/662-00
The program will provide meals and food-for-work projects in 447 kindergartens and 50 boarding schools in Kyrgyzstan. Funds generated by the sale of part of the commodities will be used to buy additional food locally, set up food-for-work programs, provide grant assistance for rebuilding and repairing school facilities, and provide school supplies.

Lebanon / International Orthodox Christian Charities
GFE-268-2001/674-00
IOCC will implement a 12-month direct distribution program to provide school lunches to approximately 19,400 children. The program will target children ages 5-11 who are enrolled in schools located in Beirut, southern Lebanon, and the Akkar district in northern Lebanon. IOCC also plans to use monetized proceeds from the sale of wheat to support health, environmental, and civic education programs in Lebanon.

Madagascar / Adventist Development and Relief Agency
GFE-687-2001/683-00
This school feeding program will provide meals to approximately 50,000 primary school students. These activities will be supported by monetization of approximately 3,550 metric tons of U.S. corn and nonfat dry milk.

Moldova / International Partnership for Human Development
GFE-117-2001/669-00
During the 2001/2002 school year, IPHD will distribute monthly rations to 50,000 pre-school and kindergarten children and 250,000 primary school children, for a total of 300,000 children ages 11 years and under. IPHD will use monetization proceeds to enable schools to purchase local foods to complement U.S.-donated commodities for school lunches. Up to 1,250 primary schools will benefit. In addition, to restart the school lunch program, IPHD will allocate funds to participating schools, pre-schools, and kindergartens for purchasing materials such as pots, cups, plates, spoons, and other needed items.

Mozambique / World Food Program
GFW-656-2001/704-01
GFW-656-2001/743-00
In Mozambique, WFP has been providing ongoing support, including a morning snack and noon meal, to 42,100 children attending boarding schools. With the GFE contributions, WFP will be able to provide meals for an additional 185,000 children. Support for these boarding schools is crucial for the continued attendance and access to primary and secondary education countrywide. This is especially important in the country’s post-war reconstruction efforts where there are not enough schools to accommodate all the children.

Nepal / World Food Program
GFW-367-2001/703-00
GFW-367-2001/744-00
In Nepal, WFP will use GFE donations to continue to provide 250,000 pre-primary and primary school children with a daily hot snack. The snack has helped reduce afternoon absenteeism in schools, while improving child health and nutrition. The children in this project also benefit from a parasite-control joint effort with the World Health Organization.

Nicaragua / Project Concern International
GFE-524-2001/667-00
Project Concern International (PCI) plans to monetize 1,900 tons of refined soybean oil to buyers in Nicaragua. The proceeds will be used to provide daily breakfasts to 19,200 children attending schools in four selected municipalities in the state of Jinotega, Nicaragua. In addition, PCI will implement a 12-month supplemental feeding program through direct food distribution. This project is intended to improve education in Nicaragua by increasing school attendance, expanding teacher training, and increasing parental participation.

Nicaragua / World Food Program
GFW-524-2001/705-00
Through an ongoing program in Nicaragua, WFP is providing a hot lunch to 10,000 pre-school children. In addition, WFP is providing 70,000 primary school children with a snack consisting of a high-protein biscuit and fortified drink to encourage them to return to school and continue studying.

Nicaragua / World Food Program
GFW-524-2001/755-00
The WFP supports school feeding with several programs in Nicaragua. This project provides a cooked meal to 101,000 pre-school children. In addition, to encourage children to return to school and continue studying, WFP is providing a snack consisting of a high-protein biscuit with a fortified drink to 250,000 primary school children.

Pakistan / World Food Program
GFW-391-2001/745-00
WFP is working with the government of Pakistan to increase the enrollment of 112,000 girls in rural primary schools. The projects focus on using food as a strategy to attract girls to attend school. For a minimum of 20 days a month of school attendance, each girl will receive vegetable oil as an incentive. WFP will provide future resources to increase enrollment by 175,800.

Peru / World Food Program
GFW-527-2001/706-00
WFP’s school feeding program in Peru provides assistance targeted to the country’s three poorest areas. WFP provides micro-nutrient enriched snacks to help reduce anemia and thus increase learning capacity for 83,000 primary school students (40,600 girls) and to 19,600 pre-school children (9,800 girls). These beneficiaries are located in selected rural, food deficit areas of the Sierra highlands. WFP also provides support to 35,000 children, half of whom are girls, located on the border with Equador.

Republic of Congo, Brazzaville / International Partnership for Human Development
GFE-679-2001/671-00
During the 2001/02 school year, IPHD will provide a school lunch daily to 100,000 primary school children in the coastal region of Pointe Noire and the provinces of Pool, Brazzaville, and Niari. Up to 600 schools will participate. IPHD will arrange for the donated food to be prepared by a volunteer committee of village women, organized by the school principal or designated teacher. Proceeds from monetizing the U.S.-donated commodities will be used to purchase cooking utensils and local foods to complement meals prepared at the school. IPHD will also use a portion of the proceeds to repair schools.

Senegal / Counterpart International
GFE-685-2001/681-00
During the 2001/2002 school year, CPI will provide daily meals to all students in the Podor district. In addition, CPI will provide medicine for children, conduct nutrition education, and provide small improvement grants for schools.

Tajikistan / World Food Program
GFW-119-2001/707-00
GFW-119-2001/746-00
WFP continues to implement a successful school feeding program in Tajikistan to increase the attendance of girls being kept from school because of financial difficulties at home. The project currently supports a total of 67,000 children. WFP plans to increase the project to include an additional 121,700 children in 505 schools.

Tanzania / World Food Program
GFW-621-2001/708-00
In Tanzania, WFP is working to increase student enrollment and attendance and to reduce dropout rates. The program is aimed at 4,000 pre-school and 57,300 primary school children in ten districts. The project provides two meals to children–porridge at mid-morning and a full meal at lunch.

Uganda / Save the Children
GFE-617-2001/672-00
Save the Children will implement a 12-month direct feeding pilot project to increase participation in primary schools. The private voluntary organization will use U.S. commodities to provide a daily lunch to students in 48 classes at seven community schools.

Uganda / World Food Program
GFW-617-2001/709-00
Under this program, the WFP provides food to 66,000 internally displaced children living in refugee camps in Uganda. A school meal is provided to the children, of which 38 percent are girls.

Uganda / World Food Program
GFW-617-2001/756-00
The WFP continues to assist the government of Uganda in fulfilling its education sector development goals through ongoing school feeding. This project targets beneficiaries in the Karamoja region, an area plagued by chronic food insecurity and populated by semi-nomadic people who traditionally have been reluctant to send their children to school. USDA’s GFE donation will help feed 78,000 school children, of which 47 percent are girls.

Vietnam / Land O' Lakes
GFE-440-2001/668-00
The program will provide 200-milliliter milk boxes and fortified biscuits to around 400,000 children. Part of the commodity donation will be monetized to cover the costs of administering the program.

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