A Ghanaian government program that began as a pilot in 2005, providing free meals to children in public primary schools and kindergartens across the country, run through a national GSFP Secretariat working with international partners including the World Bank, the World Food Programme, UNICEF and national development agencies. The program reaches about 1.69 million children, roughly 37.4 percent of national coverage, and its meals are prepared by a network of about 34,350 caterers and cooks, most of them women, funded at a rate of one Ghana cedi per child per meal. Its stated goals include raising school enrollment, reducing childhood hunger and malnutrition, supporting domestic agricultural production, and contributing to longer term food security and poverty reduction.
Facts
Program Status Sponsoring BodyGhana School Feeding Programme Secretariat, with World Bank, World Food Programme, Partnership for Child Development and UNICEF support 1 Target PopulationKindergarten and primary pupils at public primary schools and kindergartens in Ghana 1 Health GoalIncrease school enrollment and reduce short-term hunger and malnutrition among kindergarten and primary pupils, while boosting domestic food production and long-term food security 1 Geographic Scope Measured ResultsReached about 1.69 million children (about 37.4 percent of national coverage) and employed 34,350 caterers and cooks 1 Program status (class) Classification
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Entity-backed identity for the program-kind enum value this public health program already carries, resolved to a health practice by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The program-kind fact itself stays on the program unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ghana School Feeding Programme
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia lead sentence, programme start year
The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) started in 2005 as a pilot project to provide food to children at school.
Wikipedia lead paragraph, partner-agencies sentence
It is run by the GSFP Secretariat in partnership with international agencies including the World Bank, the World Food Programme, the Partnership for Child Development, and UNICEF, as well as national organizations such as the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Dutch embassy.
Wikipedia goals paragraph, short-term goal sentence
The short-term goal of the GSFP is to contribute to an increase in school enrollment, reduce short-term hunger and malnutrition of kindergarten and primary school pupils.
Wikipedia scope paragraph, target-schools sentence
The programme targets all public primary schools and kindergartens in Ghana.
Wikipedia scope paragraph, same target-schools sentence
The programme targets all public primary schools and kindergartens in Ghana.
Wikipedia coverage-and-results paragraph
It has been able to feed about 1.69 million children, representing about 37.4% of National coverage. The programme has provided employment for 34,350 caterers and cooks especially women to enable them to take care of their families.
Wikipedia challenges section, opening sentence describing current, ongoing challenges
Some of the challenges of the program include but not limited a lack of transparency and accountability.
Program classification, entity description sentence
Its stated goals include raising school enrollment, reducing childhood hunger and malnutrition, supporting domestic agricultural production, and contributing to longer term food security and poverty reduction.
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