Project profile — Support to School Health and Nutrition – World Food Programme

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to nutritious food and improved health by providing school meals, take-home rations, micronutrient supplementation and deworming for girls and boys in South Sudan and Somalia; (2) improved access to a healthier and adequate learning environment (including COVID-19 mitigation measures) for girls and boys in South Sudan and Somalia; (3) increased access to adequate sanitation and hygiene services for girls and boys, especially adolescent girls in South Sudan and Somalia; (4) trained teachers on school health and nutrition, hygiene and the menstrual hygiene movement, COVID-19 mitigation measures and psychosocial support, with a focus on adolescent girls; (5) sensitized target communities including adolescent boys and girls, parents, teachers and local traditional authorities and leaders on girls’ education, nutrition, social and health rights, and on gender-based violence (GBV); and (6) improved awareness among target groups in the communities on girls’ education, knowledge, nutrition, health and reproductive health, and on GBV.