Maputo, Mozambique, March 1, 2024– Today U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small went to Mungazine Primary School in Mozambique, a USDA-supported school and school garden through the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. Throughout the school check out, the Deputy Secretary consulted with Mozambique Minister of Education Carmelita Rita Namashulua, together with agents from Counterpart International (USDA's carrying out partner), school personnel, trainees, and neighborhood leaders to assist commemorate African Day of School Feeding, a day observed throughout the continent as a method for African nations to devote to and promote school feeding as a technique to accomplish Sustainable Development Goals.
“The African Union has actually announced 2024 as The Year of Education and I have actually seen that in action today at Mungazine Primary School as we commemorated the African Day of School Feeding,” stated Deputy Secretary Torres Small. “Hearing the personnel and trainees' stories this afternoon was a clear pointer regarding why school meal programs are so vital for numerous trainees in Mozambique, throughout Africa, in your home in the United States, and around the globe. Considering that its beginning, the USDA McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program has actually supplied more than 3.7 billion meals throughout 25 African nations and helped in reducing appetite and enhance literacy and main education for more than 20 million individuals on the continent.”
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program
The McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program assists support education, kid advancement and food security in low-income, food-deficit nations around the world. The program attends to the contribution of U.S. farming products, along with monetary and technical support, to support school feeding and maternal and kid nutrition jobs. The essential goal of the McGovern-Dole Program is to minimize appetite and enhance literacy and main education, particularly for women.
The Impact of the McGovern-Dole Program throughout Africa, by the Numbers
- Given That the McGovern-Dole Program's beginning in 2002, the Program has:
- Supported jobs in 25 African nations.
- Reached more than 20 million recipients throughout Africa.
- Served more than 3.7 billion meals in African schools.
- In Fiscal Year 2023, the McGovern-Dole Program:
- Supported jobs in 21 African nations (out of an overall of 33 nations around the world).
- Benefited 5,000 schools in Africa.
- Reached more than 2.9 million recipients throughout Africa.
- Served almost 166.4 million meals in African schools.
- Provided 27,880 MT of contributed U.S. products, valued at $25.1 million, to African nations.
- Contributed the following U.S. products to jobs in Africa: Corn-Soy Blend Plus, Cornmeal, Black Beans, Pinto Beans, Pea Beans, Great Northern Beans, Fortified Rice, Green and Yellow Split Peas, Lentils, Bulgur, Emergency FD SF-LNS Pouch, Emergency FD LNS-MQ Pouch, Vegetable Oil and Sunflower Seed Oil.
USDA Forest Service International Program
While in Mozambique,
