By 2010, it is projected that the program will serve 2,900 schools and approximately 1. We understand that you may want a photo with the children you have been feeding, but to maintain confidentiality and respect for privacy, you must speak to the school principal to arrange this. The aim of this study was to compare energy and nutrient content of meals served by ghana school feeding programme gsfp and. School feeding programmes in ghana agriculture, nutrition. Contract management monitoring and evaluation of ghana. A survey on the role of farmer based organizations fbos in the implementation. The issue of school feeding dates back to the 1950s when the cpp government instituted the northern scholarship scheme to cater for the feeding cost of students in the northern part of the country. Permission must be obtained in advance if you wish to publish your photos on. News ghana is ghanas leading online news portal for business in west africa and around the world. Strengthening the monitoring and evaluation of the ghana school feeding programme matilda essandoh laar innovative metrics and methods for 24th june, 2016 agriculture and nutrition actions.
Comparison of two school feeding programs in ghana, west africa. Sep 07, 2014 the acm school in winneba, ghana currently has no food program or access to water. A case study of nyoglo of the savelugunantong municipality, ghana article pdf available. Tracking implementation of the ghana school feeding program. The supply chain for ghanas thirdparty operating model for school feeding. The challenges and prospects of the school feeding. Ghana home grown school feeding program anh academy. Grown school feeding and health programme initiative concept. According to the school feeding programme training handbook 2006 the objectives of the school feeding programme are to. Effect of the national school feeding programme on pupils enrolment, attendance and retention. The target population for the study was sixtyeight 68 participating schools in the ga south municipality of the greater accra region and other stakeholders of the programme.
Whether packing or unpacking archives, converting video files, installing applications or starting programs like word or pdf readers, avira provides protection. The school feeding program introduced by the npp administration is one of the best educational policies to be effected in ghana. Schoolbased crosssectional survey using multistage sampling to select 417 pupils aged 312 years enrolled in 14 public basic schools with n3 and without n304 school feeding programme in the seven subdistricts of the. Pdf effect of the national school feeding programme on. School based crosssectional survey using multistage sampling to select 417 pupils aged 312 years enrolled in 14 public basic schools with n3 and without n304 school feeding programme in the seven subdistricts of the. My focus for now is on the school feeding program going on in our basic schools. Authors contribution the only author aka performed the whole research work. Ghana school feeding programme gsfp initiative and the.
The gsfp is a multisectoral programme that has objectives in education, agric, health and nutrition, and importantly poverty. Wfp ghana country brief, november 2019 ghana reliefweb. Ghana school feeding programme to recruit new caterers. Meeting nutritional needs through school feeding a snapshot. The ghana school feeding program government initiative started in 2005 under the caadp and nepad gsfp. School feeding programme to be expanded news ghana.
Since then, school feeding programmes have become a key part of food assistance, relief emergency and development programmes. The programme is part of ghana s efforts towards the attainment of theunited nations millennium. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp commenced in 2005 with the intermediate objective of reducing hunger and malnutrition. There has however been some information of massive. The policy provides broad guidelines, strategies and institutional framework for the operationalisation of government policy towards reducing poverty through improved household income and. Ridge accra contact t 0302 681861 t 0302 681863 t 0302 683890 f 0302 688453 type of business. The impact of the ghana school feeding programme on. Homegrown school feeding resource framework food and. Though there has been corruption scandals involving some officials appointed to coordinate the whole program, it has faired well. Upon witnessing the extreme poverty situations that plague the children of accra, mary commenced an informal feeding program. Over 800 students attend this great school with incredible teachers and need, at. Ghana government launches national school feeding policy.
Ghana school feeding programme clean cooking alliance. In general, it appears that school feeding program targeting is best done at the school level, or based on a general geographic criteria, rather than individual selection, as the systems and data required for individual targeting are resource intensive and often considered out of scope for most lowincome countries 19,3. This evaluation focusses on the government of ghana school feeding programme. The school foods have high levels of carbohydrates especially with rice, banku, maize meals that are served. The acm school in winneba, ghana currently has no food program or access to water. Nutritional status of pupils attending public schools with. Linking nutrition to agriculture through school feeding. Pdf the challenges and prospects of the school feeding.
Rafee majid there is a general problem of enrolment to basic education in. The study assessed the impact of the ghana school feeding programme gsfp on the nutritional status of participants. Choose from a variety of file types multiple pdf files, microsoft word documents, microsoft excel spreadsheets, microsoft powerpoint. Meeting nutritional needs through school feeding a. School feeding program in adjeikrom, ghana monica e. The study assessed the impact of the ghana school feeding programme gsfp on the nutritional status of. Jul 23, 2016 government has launched the ghana school feeding policy as part of measures to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and achieve universal primary education.
Country profile of ghana ghana is situated in west africa bordered by cote divoire on the west, togo on the east, burkina faso in the north and the atlantic ocean in the south forming its coastline. As part of plans to expand the beneficiaries on the ghana school feeding programme gsfp to 1. The programme is part of ghanas efforts towards the attainment of theunited nations millennium. Child undernutrition and poor feeding practices remain a concern in ghana.
Feeding programme, to investigate the effects of school feeding programme on pupils attendance and to determine the effects of school feeding programme on pupils academic performance. The above interventions are virtually nonexisting in ghanas school feeding programme since it is evident that, the children are only provided with one main meal without snacks as food supplements. Government has launched the ghana school feeding policy as part of measures to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and achieve universal primary education. In addition to improving the health and education statistics of the youth, this program will create more income for farmers, who will produce the necessary resources. The catholic relief services also introduced a feeding scheme in basic schools in the north. The protein components are normally flaked fishes, very tiny pieces of chicken or meat which is woefully inadequate. However, only about 5% of day schools were noted to be providing one meal mainly drinks and snacks as lunch. The namibian school feeding programme nsfp is the responsibility of the ministry of education moe, coordinated and implemented by the division of management planning, appraisal and training within the directorate of program and quality. Strengthening the monitoring and evaluation of the ghana. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp has the potential to contribute to the national social protection agenda in these ways. March 4, 2016 general news comments off on world food programme to support ghana school feeding programme. The protein components are normally flaked fishes, very tiny pieces of chicken or meat which is. The gsfp is an initiative under the comprehensive africa agricultural development pillar 3 seeks to enhance food security and. Johnson, an american, established her residence between the u.
The ghana school feeding programme gsfp has requested the ministry of finance to increase the feeding grant allocated to children under the programme. Main focus is to discuss issues concerning basic education in ghana. English situation report on ghana about agriculture, education. The national secretariat ghana school feeding programme. Outline 1 background on ghana 2 introduction to the ghana school feeding program gsfp 3 study 4 methods 5 significance of study. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp is a pilot project to provide food to children at school. The purpose of the study was to examine how the ghana school feeding programme gsfp has impacted on enrolment, attendance and retention of children in some beneficiary basic schools in ga south municipality. The above interventions are virtually nonexisting in ghana s school feeding programme since it is evident that, the children are only provided with one main meal without snacks as food supplements.
Data were collected using questionnaire, interview, and focus group discussion. Feb 17, 2017 as a policy measure, the government of ghana piloted the school feeding program in the year 2005 to provide food to basic school children with the specific goal of reducing hunger, malnutrition, increasing enrollment and boosting domestic food productions among deprived communities in ghana. Preliminary findings from a cluster randomised control trial. News ghana is ghana s leading online news portal for business in west africa and around the world. Local ghanaian stakeholder perceptions after one year of a.
Ms mutinta chimuka, ghana country director of the world food programme wfp, has pledged her commitment to. To achieve food security by providing public primary school students with one hot meal per day, usually procured from local farmers. It is run by the gsfp secretariat in partnership with international agencies including the world bank, the world food programme, the partnership for child development and unicef, as well as national organizations including canadian international development agency cida, the us agency for. Poor nutrition in the school feeding program in the ashomang primary school is of interest. Join pdf files together online without cost or registration, in a simple click. Jan 20, 2016 this evaluation focusses on the government of ghana school feeding programme. As of 2011, the ghana school feeding programme gsfp reached over 1. The challenges and prospects of the school feeding programme in northern ghana article pdf available in development in practice vol. The current study assessed the association between gmp. The statement said the facts about the dutch governments support for direct feeding and technical assistance is as follows. The dutch government pledged to support the government of ghana with feeding grant for the first fouryear phase of the ghana school feeding programme 2007 to 2010.
School feeding programmes in an attempt to improve the welfare of vulnerable children, most governments in africa have introduced some kind of a school feeding program sfp that provides either rations, meals andor snacks to school aged children in poor communities. Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on. Contract management monitoring and evaluation of ghana school. The gsfp aimed to provide children in public primary schools and kindergartens in the poorest. As years went by, the school feeding program chalked. World food programme to support ghana school feeding. The ghana school feeding programme aims at reducing hunger and malnutrition in primary school children, increasing enrollment, attendance and retention in primary schools and boosting domestic food production ghana government, 2006a. According to the programme, it had requested an increase from the present 50gp to gh. The analysis involved frequencies of particular responses which were. The effects of school feeding programme on enrolment and. Pdf comparison of two school feeding programs in ghana.
Enhancing the quality of school feeding programmes in ghana. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp was conceptualized to provide pupils at the public basic schools with one hot nutritious meal per day. The ghana school feeding program gsfp introduced in 2005, adopted the. Atschool lunch provision through the ghana schoolfeeding programme gsfp is a child survival, health promotion and food security intervention implemented in selected schools in all 216 districts nationwide with the nutrition objective of reducing shortterm hunger and malnutrition. Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on nutrition. Wfp provided financial and technical support to the ghana school feeding programme gsfp by providing nutrition. An assessment of the effects of the ghana school feeding. First rigorous evaluation of school feeding in ghana theorybased impact evaluation designed around scaleup of gsfp in order to expand the linkages between the programme and local agriculture in high food insecurity areas 116 schools across all regions of ghana randomisation 58 school feeding schools 29 sf standard gsfp model. Over 800 students attend this great school with incredible teachers and need, at the very least, a lunch meal and.
The ghana school feeding program is an amazing program that provides lunches to over 975 primary schools in ghana to over 400,000 students. Dec 18, 2014 main focus is to discuss issues concerning basic education in ghana. This case study on the ghana school feeding programme is one of 7 deskbased studies on school feeding around the world produced for the world food programme. The challenges and prospects of the school feeding programme. Although the program has been implemented in ghana for over four decades, little is known about its impact on child feeding outcomes. Impact on school enrolment, attendance and academic performance in elementary ghanaian schools anselm komla abotsi1 1social science department, university of education, p. The growth monitoring and promotion gmp programme seeks to empower mothers to provide appropriate child care. Help feed the children foundation feeding the hungry. Mar 04, 2016 ms mutinta chimuka, ghana country director of the world food programme wfp, has pledged her commitment to work closely with stakeholders to support and promote the ghana school feeding programme gsfp. Ministry of health ghana health and partners such as focussing on promotion of womens nutrition before, during and after pregnancy, optimal breastfeeding including the context of hiv and aids, optimal complementary feeding, control of vitamin a, anaemia and.
There has been limited or insufficient research into the relationships between nutritional status, the. Improving nutrition in the school feeding program for. Retooling for a sustainable future technical report pdf available june 2011 with 850 reads how we measure reads. Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on education, nutrition, and agriculture in ghana. Nepad launched homegrown school feeding pilot programme in 12 countries, namely. With this school feeding program, ghana aims at achieving total eradication of undernourishment of children within 5 to 10 years. United nations fao or of the world food programme wfp concerning the legal or development status of any. Examining the implementation of the ghana school feeding policy. As a policy measure, the government of ghana piloted the school feeding program in the year 2005 to provide food to basic school children with the specific goal of reducing hunger, malnutrition, increasing enrollment and boosting domestic food productions among deprived communities in ghana. The objectives of gsfp included reduction of hunger and malnutrition, increase school enrolment, attendance and retention among others. At school lunch provision through the ghana school feeding programme gsfp is a child survival, health promotion and food security intervention implemented in selected schools in all 216 districts nationwide with the nutrition objective of reducing shortterm hunger and malnutrition. In an attempt to improve the welfare of vulnerable children, most governments in africa have introduced some kind of a school feeding program sfp that provides either rations, meals andor snacks to schoolaged children in poor communities. In line with the terms of reference, it focuses on governance structures, financing and procurement dimensions.
Ministry of health ghana health and partners such as focussing on promotion of womens nutrition before, during and after pregnancy, optimal breast feeding including the context of hiv and aids, optimal complementary feeding, control of vitamin a, anaemia and. World food programme to support ghana school feeding programme. In the light of this, adverts will be placed in various media for this purpose. Tracking implementation of the ghana school feeding program in march 2007 ghana introduced a national social protection strategy, which included the ghana school feeding program gsfp.
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