Mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition program provide food in bangladesh

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program awarded a $27,000,000 cooperative agreement to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on September 30, 2024. The program aims to reduce hunger, improve literacy, and enhance primary education in Bangladesh through school feeding initiatives, literacy programs, and maternal/child nutrition interventions.

Under this award, WFP has sub-awarded funding to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to strengthen links between local smallholder farmers and markets, establish school vegetable gardens, and promote agricultural education. Additionally, WFP has sub-awarded funding to Room to Read and the Center for Natural Resource Studies (CNRS) to develop instructional materials, set up classroom libraries, provide teacher training, and deliver nutritious school meals to over 31,000 students in 149 schools in the Madhabpur sub-district of Bangladesh.