FEED MY PEOPLE LIBERIA'S NUTRITION PROGRAMME:
Paynesville Feeding Centre, Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia
Lady serving at FMPL Paynesville Feeding Centre, Monrovia
NAME OF PROJECT: Paynesville Feeding Centre
DURATION OF PROJECT: Started 2006. No end date.
SUMMARY OF THIS PROJECT: All 108 children in Paynesville School receive one hot and nutritious meal, every school day (i.e. once a day, 5 times a week, during term time), from this Feeding Centre.
KEY BENEFICIARIES OF PROJECT: 108 students (from nursery to 6th grade), and their families
GOAL OF PROJECT: To provide a hot nutritious meal to all students, once a day, 5 days a week, at Paynesville School.
KEY ACTIVITIES OF THIS PROJECT: Provide food, cooking utensils and all necessary equipment, to ensure feeding centre staff can give all pupils a hot and nutritious meal, every school day, during term time. Employ cooks and well qualified nutrition staff, to prepare the food. During term time, feed all children, on time, each school day.
FUTURE PLANS ON THIS PROJECT: Measure progression of child health over time and the nutritional value of the meals.
IMPACT OF PROJECT TO DATE: The Feeding Centre helps to keep the children in school. The children are extremely happy to receive their good portion of rice, meat/fish and sauce, in the middle of a school day. Children fed on time, every school day, in shifts, to make sure that all children receive food.
QUOTES FROM PEOPLE AT THE PROJECT: “We get food every day at lunchtime. It is sometimes rice or fish or spare ribs. It is very good.” (Pupil, 6th grade).
Are photos of this project available? If so, where? Yes, on the gallery page of our website under 'Education Programme'