Project Grant 9108269

This $25 million cooperative agreement awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service will fund a Food for Education project in Liberia through September 2026. The project aims to improve education, food security, and health for school-age children in Liberia, especially girls, through the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program (CFDA #10.608). Save the Children Federation, Inc. will implement the agreement by providing $25 million in agricultural...

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 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...

This $25 million cooperative agreement awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service will fund the Global Communities organization to implement a Food for Education project in Guatemala through September 2026. The project aims to improve education, food security, and health for school-age children, especially girls, through the donation of agricultural commodities and provision of financial and technical assistance. Specifically, the McGovern-Dole Food for...

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...

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...

The Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service awarded a $25 million cooperative agreement under the Food for Education (CFDA 10.608) federal grant program to Mercy Corps. The five-year award will support a food for education project in Kyrgyzstan through September 2026. Key objectives of the McGovern-Dole Program include reducing hunger and improving literacy and primary education outcomes, especially for girls, by providing school meals, teacher training, and related support....

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...

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 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....