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Feeding the future in Timbuktu

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Journey to the heart of the Sahel where school feeding is helping to keep children in school in an ancient citadel of knowledge The mosque of Dingareyber, a symbol of the city of Timbuktu. Photo: WFP / Virgo Edgar NGARBAROUM I am drawn to its small streets and taken aback by the hospitality of everyone I meet as we meander through the city.

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Continental commitment by African Governments to school feeding

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Spurring innovation, food safety and quality capacity strengthening and economic resilience This year’s Africa Day of School Feeding comes at the heels of the first ever Future of Food Safety Conference held at the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Nutritious food enjoyed at school feeds the bodies and minds of children.

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How school meals feed smiles and hope in Southern Madagascar

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How school meals feed smiles and hope in southern Madagascar World Food Programme (WFP) provides meals to 300,000 children in drought-stricken region On a sunny day, 11-year-old Séverine and her classmates are having good time at the school refectory in the village of Tsongobory, southern Madagascar.

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Childhood, interrupted: Are we meeting the needs of adolescent mothers?

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Adolescents used illustration to communicate their feelings around food and identity in the Bridging the Gap study. In short, the adolescent mother’s is the most expensive mouth to feed. In all four countries we saw that adolescents wanted services brought to them,” said Lynnda Kiess, a WFP nutritionist who worked on the study.

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Meet Dina?—?on the front-line of responding to disasters in Indonesia

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Meet Dina?—?on Meet Dina?—?a During this time I was tactically liaising and reporting information from Jakarta so that the others could feed the information to the team in Palu. I really like to study! Why do you still have the strength to study?”, I really like to study! I’m actually quite the nerd?—?I

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Changing lives in 30 countries during 2018 thanks to the Brazilian experience

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This girl and her drawing greeted participants in the Global Child Nutrition Forum during a visit to learn about the school feeding programme in Tunisia. Today was #GCNF2018 field trip to visit schools and learn about the school feeding programme in Tunisia. In 2016, a delegation from Kenya visited Brazil.

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Shattered Past, Defiant Spirit: Meet the Women of South Sudan

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I am the one trying to feed them,” she says. Known as the Juba Urban Poor Programme, the initiative aims to meet both immediate food needs whilst addressing the underlying causes of food insecurity. Social Studies is our favorite subject because we learn about the world,” says Vivian. For Chol, it has been the difference. “My

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