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Government Launches School Feeding Programme

9 months agoTue, 11 Jun 2024 08:31:25 GMT
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Government Launches School Feeding Programme

The Government has launched a school feeding programme for learners in targeted districts such as Binga, Chivi and Kariba, to combat malnutrition and prevent children from dropping out of school.

The UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) recently warned that around 580,000 Zimbabwean children are at risk of severe malnutrition.

The Director of communications and advocacy in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Taungana Ndoro, told State media that some schools may not be eligible for the scheme.

He said the goal of the feeding programme is to improve children’s nutrition and dietary diversity and prevent wasting. He said:

These districts were selected due to their high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition among school-going children.

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When choosing the eligibility of a school, several factors like poverty rates, food security indicators, malnutrition prevalence and the vulnerability of the school’s catchment area are considered.

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education in collaboration with other development partners are working tirelessly to ensure that these children are helped and they get the food needed.

Nicholas Alipui, UNICEF’s representative in Zimbabwe, said that around 580,000 children in Zimbabwe under 5 years of age are experiencing severe child food poverty, making them up to 50 per cent more likely to experience wasting, a life-threatening form of malnutrition. He said:

Food insecurity among Zimbabwean children could further deteriorate in 2024 with the El Nino-induced drought that has caused above-average temperatures and below-average rainfall, with a ‘historic’ mid-season dry spell over the 2023/2024 agricultural season.

It is urgent to address child food poverty today to avoid more children being pushed into a life-threatening status of severe malnutrition.

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20 Comments

vet · 9 months ago
you can't feed your own people yet munofunga kuti munogona kurwa neZambia munoikurira here imi muchitadza kupa masoja sadza haro
Asalif · 9 months ago
Ko kungotaura chokwadi kudii you have authorized NGOs to do supplimentary feeding progmmes
CIA · 9 months ago
American's good friend's forever.
👀 · 9 months ago
ndiko kugona kauku zvatino garoti ED huchiiii tinenge tichingoita inonzi pachirungu stating the obvious.
🦀🦀 · 9 months ago
iwe zve food aid zvakagara zviriko,ndakaita grade 1 mugore ra81 taitongodya nekunwa mahewu kuxul ,pa Seke 6 apo muB
Dzikolatu · 9 months ago
Kwedu kwaMuchekayaora programme inosvikavo riini.?
Onnie theman · 9 months ago
Yaah dambudziko raGriot nderekut anogara mumaflats ekumbare achinwa mvura yekwamukuvisi
· 9 months ago
Yaamamira futi. nxaaa
Onnie theman · 9 months ago
Thanks UNICEF Even Griot said so
Haiwawo · 9 months ago
Grout arikuti mari yabva muhomwe yaED! Kusakwana. Ars€hol€
The Griot · 9 months ago
cause The Griot said so
The Griot · 9 months ago
Feeding programs are excuficiously prambophysical in that it encourages children to attend lessons and favor going to school
cde tosvo · 9 months ago
anx you gore rino vana ngava pihwe ma chicken inn
Tambaoga · 9 months ago
Dai zvinhu zvikanaka munyika mabasa owanikwa,vashandi vopihwa mari dzinotenga there will be no need for those food programs ,mwana anowana chikafu chakakwana kumba kwavo.
Wa Gutu · 9 months ago
Yes ZANU PF government is working day and night to make sure that no one is left behind. He is a listening President indeed
· 9 months ago
The same ZANU you are supporting is the ZANU that destroyed the agricultural base in this country. Secondly the money being used isn't theirs. It is donor funds and our taxes. So In as ladylike fashion as is possible, I am telling you to f☆ck off
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Jah Zignal · 9 months ago
shuwa vapei coz tumwe tunofira mupoison chero mangai vapeyi
Comrade Nyika Hyena Chikafu · 9 months ago
no one will die of hunger

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