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Standard Project Report 2016
Project Objectives and Results
Project Objectives
The programme had two primary objectives aimed at phasing out WFP support to school feeding by the end of
2018:
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2.
To strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Education (MoE) to be an effective steward of a nationwide school
feeding programme; and
To maintain access to and gender parity in primary education that contributes to enhanced learning.
In line with these objectives, WFP pursued two inter-related strategies:
1.
2.
To continue supporting primary schools in remote areas with provision of meals comprised of rice, yellow split
peas, chickpeas and fortified oil, and to gradually hand over this responsibility to the MoE; and,
To strengthen the capacity of the MoE to set policy and priorities, manage the supply chain, and oversee
programmes so that it can independently administer the nationwide school feeding programme.
Approved Budget for Project Duration (USD)
Cost Category
Capacity Dev.t and Augmentation
900,000
Direct Support Costs 1,184,000
Food and Related Costs 5,934,242
Indirect Support Costs
561,277
Total
8,579,519
Project Activities
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Strategic Objective
: Reduce undernutrition and break the intergenerational cycle of hunger (Strategic Objective 4)
Outcome:
4.2 Increased equitable access to and utilization of education
Activity
: School feeding programme
The national school feeding programme of the Royal Government of Bhutan helped children from remote villages to
get an education through government-run boarding schools. While the Government facilitated the education
of boarding students, WFP supported schools—mostly primary schools for children of ages 6 to 15 years—located
in the remote parts of the country. The children attending these schools come from communities that are vulnerable
to food security and have limited access to markets because of poor or non-existent road connections.
The food basket for the school meals provided by WFP consisted of rice, chickpeas, yellow split peas and vegetable
oil. The two meals a day—breakfast and lunch—provided by WFP covered 56 percent of the daily required calories.
The four staple foods from WFP were complemented by vegetables and spices contributed by parents. WFP
supported around 27 percent of the total number of children receiving school meals in the country. A gradual
hand-over of WFP supported school feeding is in progress; by 2018, the Government will fully take over
responsibility for the current WFP-assisted school children.
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Strategic Objective
: Reduce undernutrition and break the intergenerational cycle of hunger (Strategic Objective 4)
Outcome
Bhutan, Kingdom of (BT)
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