Tuesday, February 6, 2018
A single grandmother in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, says she barely ate in December after the government of Nunavut slashed her daughter's income assistance. For two months, the family's food allowance was cut down because of poor school attendance — which she...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Mozambique's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the World Food Program (WFP) signed in Maputo a Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of the National School Meal Programme (PRONAE). The program is part of an initiative under which the...
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Thursday, June 22, 2017
Nigeria is rolling out its first national social-welfare program modeled partly on Brazil’s Bolsa Familia in a bid to boost a weak economy and curb poverty by giving cash to its poorest citizens and ensuring their children go to school.
Thursday, January 12, 2017
As part of plans to expand the beneficiaries on the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) to 1.3 million, the programme intends to recruit new caterers to meet that demand.
In the light of this, adverts will be placed in various media for this purpose...
Monday, January 9, 2017
LAHORE: The Punjab Social Protection Authority (PSPA) plans to introduce a model child labour policy to eliminate poverty and enhance literacy.
According to this policy, children aged between 13 and 18 years will be allowed to do “soft jobs” during...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Ghana is making steady progress in its quest to alleviate poverty and ensure food security by 2025. This follows the adoption of more than 30 social protection interventions as mechanism to eradicate abject poverty particularly in rural communities.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) is one of the important government initiatives to encourage needy children to go to school. Under the programme, pupils in deprived schools are given one nutritious meal a day.
Thursday, July 21, 2016
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection Nana Oye Lithur has launched a policy framework for the National School Feeding programme. The policy is aimed at delivering a well-organised, decentralised intervention by providing...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
WFP in Egypt has been supporting the National School Feeding Programme (NSFP) since 1968 and is currently reaching 636,000 children with its in-school fortified date bar snacks.
The Egyptian delegation at the board meeting in Rome on Tuesday presented...
Thursday, December 31, 2015
The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) says all beneficiaries of the GSFP will be registered onto the National Health Insurance Sheme next year.
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