Commitment

School meals and nutrition policy

Government / Kenya

Ministry of Health

Partner organisations:
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: UNICEF, WFP
Commitment made: 02 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - the whole country
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Commitment description

Aims at providing, promoting, and coordinating school meals and nutrition initiatives to all learners in Kenya

Commitment goals

To increase enrolment, improve attendance, retention and completion, and learning outcomes, by promoting health and nutrition of the learners

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Food environment
  • Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Under-5 overweight

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders World Food Programme
Funding mechanism Public
Cost secured 100
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (KES) - Kenyan shilling
Cost amount 15,000,000.0
$USD equivalent 93,487.06762 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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