AVSI directly implements an important complementary component of the program: “the improvement of teaching and learning how to read” in the targeted schools. Through this program, in addition to literacy activities and material, more than 125,000 students in 613 rural primary schools in the most vulnerable areas of the North, Northeast, and West of the country receive a hot meal every school day.
During his mission, Mr. Curtis McCoy, had a series of meetings, not only with the Ministry of National Education, but also with all actors involved in the implementation of the program, such as WFP, AVSI and the School Canteens Department.
“I’m pleased with the mobilization, the commitment of the populations and the teachers contributing to the success of the project in their schools, but also, how this program is positively influencing the retention of children in schools and the quality of children’s reading levels, ” says McCoy, USDA representative after the field visits and discussions with the local administrative authorities.