Accelerating School Meals, Empowering Communities: A Climate Resilient Approach
The macroeconomic crisis, characterized by high inflation and public debt, in addition to the accelerating impact of climate change, is putting pressure on food security, families’ livelihoods and public services. Households’ coping capacities are getting stretched and school drop outs rising. This contribution aims to enhance localization of the National School Lunch Programme and increase communities’ economic and climate resilience, while keeping children at school.
| Paese/Regione | Tema | Periodo | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
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Laos |
Sanità Acqua Agricoltura e sicurezza alimentare nothemedefined
Nutrizione di base
Igieniche d'aqua Sviluppo agricolo |
01.10.2024
- 30.09.2026 |
CHF 979’000
|
- 12,000 school children provided with daily nutritious school meals and improved access to education;
- 240 women cooks receive economic empowerment packages;
- 1,380 smallholder farmers (with a special focus on women farmers) assisted to produce climate-resilient food for the school meals;
- 110 government officials at sub-national level with increased program implementing capacity.
- Improved school environment and facilities for sustainable implementation of the school meals programme.
- Targeted school children have increased access to nutritious and diversified foods.
- Strengthened community capacity, especially for women’s groups, to contribute to the national school meals programme through the home-grown school feeding approach.
- Improved sustainability and scale of national school meals programmes through government support.
- Clean cooking facilities: construct kitchens and provide energy-efficient stoves in 120 schools.
- Water accessibility: establish safe water sources in 120 schools.
- Women's empowerment: economic empowerment and incentive packages to female NSLP cooks.
- Local food systems: assist 1,380 smallholder farmers with a special focus on women farmers in 75 villages to supply climate-resilient produce for schools.
- Capacity building: conduct an institutional capacity assessment for NSLP.
- World Food Programme
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Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE SALUTE
APPROVVIGIONAMENTO IDRICO E IGIENIZZAZIONE DELLE ACQUE
AGRICOLTURA
Sotto-Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE Nutrizione di base
Basic sanitation
Sviluppo agricolo
Tipo di aiuto Contributo al progetto e al programma
Numero del progetto 7F11460
| Contesto | the macroeconomic crisis, characterized by high inflation and public debt, is putting pressure on public budgets, including on health and education, as well as on families’ livelihoods and food security. The accelerating impact of climate change exacerbates these issues through increased storms, floods and droughts. Coping capacities of households are increasingly stretched, and school drop outs rising. The proportion of youth aged 6-17 not enrolled in school has risen from 6.5% in December 2022 to 11% in June 2023, while public spending on social protection, education and health remains well below averages in the sub-region, hindering human capital development. Since 2002, the School Meals Programme has improved education and nutrition outcomes, with the National School Lunch Programme (NSLP) established in 2014 to provide hot lunches to children in disadvantaged areas. It has proved an effective way to improve retention of children at school. However, the NSLP faces challenges such as insufficient funding and poor infrastructure: school cantines have a lack of water supply, leading to hygiene risks. Poor kitchen environments with energy-inefficient stoves put pressure on natural resources through excessive use of firewood, and are causing emissions and health hazards for women volunteer cooks. While supplying school meals through gender-inclusive local production is an important opportunity for women empowerment and strengthening local economies, the increasing impact of climate change puts a risk on food security, community resilience and sustainable localization of the NSLP. |
| Obiettivi |
Overall Goal To strengthen human capital through a sustainable national school meals programme. Project Objective Schoolchildren in vulnerable areas have improved food security, nutrition and learning results through a sustainable national school meals programme that is localized, climate- and gender-inclusive. |
| Gruppi target |
13,730 direct beneficiaries, including: |
| Effetti a medio termine |
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| Risultati |
Risultati principali attesi: Risultati fasi precedenti: N/A |
| Direzione/Ufficio responsabile |
DSC |
| Partner del progetto |
Partner contrattuale Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite (ONU) Partner attuatore
WFP
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| Coordinamento con altri progetti e attori | SDC: LURAS, ENUFF, VTESS |
| Budget | Fase in corso Budget Svizzera CHF 979’000 Budget svizzero attualmente già speso CHF 792’000 Progetto totale dalla prima fase Budget Svizzera CHF 0 Budget inclusi partner del progetto CHF 979’000 |
