Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been working with the Government and local authorities to help implement the National School Nutrition Reform, initiated by the First Lady, which aims to provide every child with daily nutritious meals.
This country insight report, developed by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), explores the role of school meal programmes in Mali and their potential contribution to peace and social cohesion, with a specific focus on Bandiagara and Mopti.
This country insight report, developed by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), explores the role of school meal programmes in Somalia and their potential contribution to peace and social cohesion, with a specific focus on Galkayo.
This is a multi-country activity evaluation, focused on?evaluating the regional project "Transforming Local Food Systems Through Scaled and Improved Home-Grown?School Feeding in Eastern Africa" (THRIVE), Phase II.
The Battle for Healthy Diets is a three-month intervention led by teachers in classrooms. It aims to increase children¡¯s intake of fruit, vegetables and eggs while reducing unhealthy snack and drink consumption. The objectives are for children to: 1) Eat fruit and egg daily; 2) Eat three vegetables daily; and 3) Avoid unhealthy snacks/drinks.
This report presents findings from a study assessing the acceptability of locally blended fortified sticky rice in Lao PDR. Led by the Ministry of Health, the study was conducted with technical support from Â鶹ÊÓƵ, facilitation by the Ministry of Education and Sports, and support from the USDA's McGovern-Dole Program.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Laos Country Office conducted formative research across six provinces in 2025 and 2026 under the leadership of the Ministry of Health of Lao PDR, with support from partners, UN agencies, donors and MAGENTA. The main research report provides the core evidence base, while five complementary documents on gendered behaviours, intersectional barriers, advocacy for reform, policy integration and media communication expand the analysis and translate findings into action. Together, the series frames nutrition as behaviour-driven systems changes, calling for coordinated reform, stronger governance and inclusive communication.
The mid-term and endline evaluations of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Rwanda¡¯s USDA McGovern-Dole Sustainable School Feeding Programme (FY24) - a five-year, USD 28 million initiative supporting Rwanda¡¯s transition to a fully government-owned National School Feeding Programme by 2029 - will be carried out in 2027 and 2029 respectively.
The decentralised evaluation of the FY24¨C29 USDA McGovern-Dole project will be conducted in three sequential rounds, including baseline (2025), midline (2027), and endline (2029) to assess progress and outcomes across the project¡¯s life cycle.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has anchored the Country Strategic Plan 2022-2026 to a complementary nexus approach, in line with the Cameroon National Development Strategy (NDS-30). To complement Government¡¯s efforts towards achieving SDGs 2 and 17, Â鶹ÊÓƵ implements activities that seek to tackle the main causes of food insecurity, create pathways to resilience building and strengthen the local capacities to be able to respond to emergencies appropriately
This is a decentralised evaluation of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) McGovern-Dole Grant for School Feeding in Lao PDR (2020-2025).
This summary presents evidence and key insights from evaluations on Â鶹ÊÓƵ's school feeding programmes in 9 countries in the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe region.
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Cambodia and covers the mid-term evaluation of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition project in Cambodia from 2022 to 2027. It was carried out in 2025.
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Republic of Congo Country Office and covers the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Services (FAS) funded five-year school feeding project under the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program covering the period 2021¨C2026.?
This baseline study was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Ethiopia Country Office for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition project in Ethiopia, which builds on prior USDA support to Ethiopia and runs from September 2024 to December 2029.
This Sway document introduces the Sahel Resilience Partnership (SRP) and showcases its work through photos and videos from the field.
Financed by BMZ and jointly implemented by Â鶹ÊÓƵ, UNICEF, and GIZ, the SRP operates in Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad. The partnership strengthens food and nutrition security, climate resilience, ecosystem restoration, social services, and social cohesion, while promoting gender equality, disability inclusion, and youth empowerment
