Johnson Kolubah, WFP head of School Meals Program, said the organization’s country office has been working on the commodity procurement and shipment to begin school meals for the targeted beneficiaries, including 4,000 girls who will also receive take home rations as encouragement for them to remain in school. School feeding is an important intervention that encourages daily school attendance. In August this year, WFP mobilized limited resources to resume the school meals program for four months in Gbapolu, Nmba, Bassa, Rivercess, Sinoe, Grand Gedeh, RiverGee, Grand Kru and Maryland counties. WFP Liberia’s Deputy Country Director, Asif Bhutto, said the organization is deeply concerned about the prevailing funding constraints for the school meals program. The training, WFP said will be conducted this month and will focus on the roles of the selected actors in the school meals program implementation and management at the school and community levels.

Source: Daily Observer November 09, 2017 02:15 UTC