The Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service awarded Save The Children Federation, Inc., a cooperative agreement totaling $40 million on September 23, 2025, under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608).
The award funds school feeding programs, teacher training, and maternal and child nutrition services in Mozambique through September 30, 2031. The McGovern-Dole Program provides agricultural commodities alongside financial and technical assistance to carry out preschool and school food for education programs in eligible countries, with the goal of reducing hunger, improving food security, and boosting literacy and primary education enrollment, particularly among girls. The program also supports maternal, infant, and child nutrition initiatives targeting pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and children aged five and younger.
Save The Children, a Connecticut-based nonprofit, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants and cooperative agreements focused on humanitarian aid and international development. The organization's federal portfolio concentrates on food security, nutrition, health, water and sanitation, child protection, education, disaster risk reduction, and emergency assistance programming in crisis-affected regions worldwide.