School feeding

By 2030, the National Agency for Grassroots Development Support (ANADEB), with the support of its partners, is committed to guaranteeing community meals to 23.5% of Togolese schoolchildren by promoting local purchases of quality food and targeting areas vulnerable to food insecurity as a priority. This commitment reflects a government priority to triple the number of schools and students receiving school meals. Fulfilling the commitment involves: Mobilizing funding to implement the national school feeding program and enabling the expansion to new schools; Promote local purchases to: boost the local economy; promote local food in the eyes of children; reducing the cost of school feeding; Guarantee the quality of the oil and salt delivered, which must comply with national fortification standards; Specify the targeting of schools, to specify the targeted areas by giving priority to those where food and nutritional insecurity is the most significant in accordance with the guidelines given by the PNSMN and the school feeding law. Advocate for the inclusion of secondary schools in the canteen programme to improve the nutritional status of adolescent girls. Promote nutrition education in training programmes. Continue to distribute fruit at each meal, taking into account seasonal availability.