2016
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Date photo taken
06 May 2016
Country of origin
Ethiopia
Region
Africa
Photo credit
Matthew Sawatzky
Themes
Education and training, Food
Description
Children play group games during recess. Working with its long-time partner, Remember the Poorest Community (RPC), MCC has added a school feeding program to our current education project in Adama (also known as Nazret), Ethiopia. 250 students at the school receive a hot lunch five days a week. Many of the households included in the project are amongst the most poor and food insecure in Ethiopia. The current drought in Ethiopia has led to escalating food prices in the region. More than 20 students have left since the school term began in the fall of 2015, as their families have moved in with relatives in outlying areas to save on rent and utilities and free up money to buy food. Those still at school suffer from lack of concentration, sleepiness in class and illness. The goal of the hot lunch program is to increase access to nutritious food, thereby improving concentration and attendance for children.