Attachment_No._2_-_FFE_1pg_Overview_12.July.2016.pdf

Food For Education

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AT-A-GLANCE

PARTNERS

Caritas, Santa Rosa de Copán

Comité Central Pro Agua y Desarrollo Integral de Intibucá

(COCEPRADII)

PROJECT

LENGTH:

FFE I: 2013 – 2015

FFE II: 2016 – 2020

BENEFICIARIES

Directs:

Students: 53,000 Teachers: 2,000 Schools: 1047 Indirects:

Community Members:

107,72

FUNDING

UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE

FFE I: $17 million FFE II: $33.7 million

In the rural Department of Intibucá, poverty is a great concern and 56.7 percent of school-aged children in Intibucá live in poverty. Poverty and food insecurity are closely linked with children facing numerous challenges related to nutrition.

Nationally, 23 percent of children under 5 are chronically malnourished while in Intibucá the figure is 48 percent. In education, reforms are underway to address needs, but there is still much to be done. The Honduran Secretariat of Education estimates that of every 100 students who enter first grade, only 22 finish ninth grade on time and national literacy tests in 2013 revealed significant gaps in early grade reading.

CRS Honduras’ Food for Education (FFE) project seeks to improve school attendance and literacy among school-age children in all 17 municipalities in Intibucá. In addition to providing daily school meals to nearly 54,000 pre-primary and primary students in 1,047 schools, CRS supports incentives like school transportation and school supplies for children to reduce access barriers. FFE improves school infrastructure, offers health and hygiene training, and engages community groups to increase community understanding of and support for the value of education. The project also provides training for teachers and school administrators on effective instruction and school management techniques, trains volunteer substitute teachers to ensure more consistent attendance of a qualified instructor in the classroom.

Key Activities and results

22% increase in literacy for primary school children.

24 million meals served to over 53,000 students.

2,000 teachers trained, 29.9% increase in the use of literacy improving techniques.

300 principals trained, 40% increase management skills.

3,000 children are transported to and from school daily.

271 schools with improved infrastructure.

$690,000 leveraged to purchase locally produced goods through alliances with the Government of Honduras.

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