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Lunch program

Purpose of the project

To motivate children to go to school.

Where

9 villages where we are active.

Description of the projects

School children in the countryside must very often walk several miles to school. They do not go home at lunchtime and most of them skip lunch. Concentration in class is therefore not very good Diseases easily affect children: malaria, meningitis... an extra meal helps them fight those diseases.

In the countryside only 15 to 25% of children are going to school. A free lunch is a strong motivation to go to school.

Responsibility for the project

ASAP / parents association of each school / teachers

How

ASAP provides daily a meal to all children by the foundation built nursery schools and primary schools. That meal consists of beans, rice and sauces. The beans for the lunch program are provided by the parents. Per year 4 kilo per child of beans is needed for the school lunch. Sometimes the children get extra fruit and vegetables for their lunch. These fruits and vegetables come from the school gardens, built by ASAP.