The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $27,225,000 Cooperative Agreement under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608) to Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (CRS-USCCB) to introduce and expand food resources in Madagascar. The program aims to reduce hunger and improve literacy and primary education, especially for girls, by providing school meals, teacher training, and related support....
The Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service awarded $28.5 million under the Food for Education (CFDA 10.608) McGovern-Dole Program to Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on September 16, 2022. This Cooperative Agreement will support a food for education project in Lesotho through September 2025. The project aims to improve education, food security, health and literacy rates for school-aged children in Lesotho, with a focus on girls. Catholic...
The United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service awarded a $28,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide food assistance and education support in Rwanda. The program aims to reduce hunger, improve literacy, and enhance primary education, with a particular focus on supporting girls' educational opportunities. Through this...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $27,500,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608) will provide food assistance, education, and nutrition support in Malawi. The prime awardee, Cooperative For Assistance And Relief Everywhere, Inc. (CARE), will implement a comprehensive program to improve food security, reduce hunger, and boost primary...
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) awarded a $27,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide food assistance and educational support in Ethiopia. The goal of the program is to reduce hunger, improve literacy, and enhance primary education in low-income, food-deficit countries. Through this 4-year...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $24,800,000.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608). The award will be used by the non-profit organization Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) to introduce and expand food resources in Rwanda. The program aims to address hunger, improve literacy, and enhance primary education in...
This $27,500,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded on September 30, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608). The award will fund Counterpart International, Inc., a non-profit organization, to provide food assistance, literacy programs, and maternal/child nutrition interventions in El Salvador. The key objectives are to improve food security, reduce hunger, and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service awarded a $28,605,400.00 Cooperative Agreement to World Vision Inc. on September 30, 2024 under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608). This program provides agricultural commodities, financial assistance, and technical support to implement school feeding, literacy, and maternal/child nutrition initiatives in low-income, food-deficit countries. Through this Cooperative...
The Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service awarded a $25 million cooperative agreement under the McGovern-Dole Food for Education program to Global Communities, Inc. to implement a food for education project in Madagascar from October 2021 through September 2026. The key objective of the McGovern-Dole program is to reduce hunger and improve literacy and primary education, especially for girls, by providing school meals, teacher training and related support. Under this award,...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $29,700,000.00, was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608). The award aims to introduce and expand food resources in Sri Lanka through the awardee, Improving Economies For Stronger Communities (IESC), a non-profit organization with extensive experience in international development projects funded by U.S....
This $27,500,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608). The grant supports the United Nations World Food Programme's efforts to provide food assistance, literacy initiatives, and maternal/child nutrition programs in Laos.
Under a sub-award, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will collaborate with WFP to monitor the school meals program, implement inclusive literacy activities, train teachers and administrators, and deliver community health and nutrition interventions. CRS will also work to strengthen government capacity, advocate for an improved national school lunch model, expand access to safe water, and conduct social behavior change activities. These efforts aim to improve food security, reduce hunger, and boost primary education, particularly for girls, in Laos.