Rebuilding Haiti with School Meals

What do we envision for Haiti within five to ten years? We envision every Haitian child attending school and receiving a daily meal there. We want a national school feeding program in Haiti.

When children are provided meals in school, it boosts attendance rates, improves nutrition levels, and improves classroom performance. The meal takes a bite out of two glaring societal problems: hunger and lack of education.

The Haitian government and aid agencies are hard at work on this school feeding challenge. Right now, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is feeding 1.1 million Haitian children with school meals. Another 300,000 children are receiving meals from the Haitian government, USAID, and other aid agencies. However, there are hundreds of thousands of students who are not receiving regular school meals, so there is a significant gap in coverage.

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Rebuilding Haiti with School Meals