At least 800 pupils from two primary schools in rural Taraba State will benefit from ActionAid Nigeria’s School Feeding Programme, funded by ECOWAS and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, in villages bordering Nigeria and the Republic of Cameroon.
The project, which is also in partnership with Nigeria’s Federal Government, targets increasing school enrolments and alleviating suffering in poor homes due to poverty.
The Innovative Action for School Feeding Programme, launched in two primary schools in the Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, targets to address the rising cases of malnutrition in the state and at the same time aid in improving the cognitive development of school children.
The programme, which is being implemented by ActionAid Nigeria, is being funded by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, with 800 children as beneficiaries in its first phase.
According to the implementing partners, the World Bank data indicates that an additional four million Nigerians have fallen into poverty in the last year, an addition to 133 Nigerians already living in poverty.
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And children are mostly at the receiving end of such developments, hence the launch of the school feeding programme in primary schools, located in underserved border communities, such as Sakaka and Mayo-Ndaga in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State.
The project is also collaborating with local partners to provide opportunities and accountability, and ensure sustainability.
The programme also included the renovation and furnishing of classroom blocks and school canteens.
The final beneficiaries of the ActionAid Nigeria innovative action for the school feeding programme are estimated at over 3,500, cutting across various groups in the Sardauna Local Government Area.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
