School Feeding Program: Cocoa Free Drinks for Students Starting in August

General News on Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-06-11

Students benefiting from the Ghana School Feeding Program (GSFP) will soon be receiving complimentary cocoa beverages for breakfast from the month of August this year.

Gertrude Quashigah, acting national coordinator of the GSFP, revealed this information at a regional capacity-building training workshop for district caterers, cooks and nutrition officers in Wa, in the region. Extreme west.

According to Ms. Quashigah, the cocoa drink will be served to students in addition to their meals for proper nutrition.

Ms. Quashigah also referred to some measures taken to improve the quality of meals served to students, the well-being of caterers, as well as the extension and sustainability of the program to the benefit of a greater number of students. Ghanaian children.

The training program, titled "Innovative Nutrition Initiative", focuses on "Improving school meals through capacity building" and aims to equip caterers and their chefs to meet quality standards. required for the preparation of nutritious meals for children. students.

The Interim National Coordinator also stated that the workshop was organized to train participants in the use of the meal planning software to generate district-wide menus to strengthen the participation and participation of regional coordinating councils; and the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDA) for the management of an effective and profitable school feeding program.

From the Upper West region, more than 5,711 caterers and chefs must complete the intensive training program. It will then move to the Far East, Northeast, North and Savannah regions.

The training program is funded by the World Food Program (WFP) with technical support from the Partnership for Child Development (PCD).

The school feeding program was set up to increase school enrollment, school attendance and retention, as well as to reduce hunger and malnutrition in the short term, while stimulating national food production.