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Standard Project Report 2016
Country Resources and Results
Resources for Results
Development Project 200300 was fully funded in 2016. WFP procured all necessary food commodities, distributed
them on time, and carried out the necessary complimentary activities as required for an efficient implementation of
the school feeding programme. As agreed in the project document, the Royal Government of Bhutan continued to
contribute 50 percent of the total internal transport, storage and handling costs. The Government fully covered the
transportation costs for men and animals that carried food commodities from the extended delivery points to the
schools with no road connections.
In WFP-assisted schools, the Government continued to provide a third meal for all boarding students. In all
government-assisted boarding schools and the recently introduced "central schools", the non-perishable
commodities are centrally procured and distributed while fresh commodities for students are covered through a
cash-based stipend system, which is managed by the school feeding management committee of individual schools.
In all schools, the Government covers the salaries of cooks, electricity, and firewood for fuel.
In order to accomplish the capacity development goals on time, WFP recruited an international expert in the country
office to manage the activities planned for capacity development. The office has also benefited from technical
advice and guidance from WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific.
Achievements at Country Level
For more than four decades, WFP has supported the Royal Government of Bhutan's objective of implementing a
school feeding programme to improve rural children's access to education. In 2016, WFP continued to facilitate
government initiatives such as international collaboration on school feeding programmes, improvement in the
nutrition of school meals, and strengthening the management and capacity of the Ministry of Education.
WFP supported the participation of government officials in international forums on school feeding programmes and
regional trainings on health and nutrition. WFP also assisted the Government in receiving guidance and support
from the projects run by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, who advocates for
school feeding programmes as a platform to improve the overall health and nutrition of schoolchildren.
The Government sought to reduc