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.
The first phase of the Innovative Action for School Feeding Programme, launched in two primary schools in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, aims to address the rising cases of malnutrition in the state and at the same time help in improving the cognitive development of school children.
According to the implementing partners, World Bank data indicates that an additional four million Nigerians have fallen into poverty in the last year, an addition to 133 million Nigerians already living in poverty.
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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 programme also includes 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 Sardauna Local Government Area.
(Editor: Okechukwu Eze)
