The mcgovern-dole program provides for the donation of agricultural commodities and the provision of financial and technical assistance to improve the education, food security and health of school-age…

The Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service awarded a $25 million cooperative agreement under the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program (CFDA #10.608) to Mercy Corps on October 1, 2021 to implement a food for education project in Kyrgyzstan through September 30, 2026.

Under the award, Mercy Corps will adapt elementary school curriculum to the Kyrgyzstan context, create modules for school initiatives groups to provide hands-on teaching training to students, and implement literacy activities to improve literacy among school-aged children. Sub-awards were also provided to Texas A&M Agrilife Research to develop the curriculum modules and to RTI International to carry out the literacy activities. The key objective of the McGovern-Dole Program is to reduce hunger and improve literacy and primary education, especially for girls, through school meals, teacher training, and related support.

The mcgovern-dole program provides for the donation of agricultural commodities and the provision of financial and technical assistance to improve the education, food security and health of school-age children, especially girls, in developing countries. This food for education project is being implemented in kyrgyz republic.