World Food Programme Honduras Country Program

Results achieved as of the end of the project include: 319 712 pre-school and primary school boys and girls received a mid-morning school meal in over 2 000 pre-schools and primary schools supported by the World Food Programme. The project also contributed to the local economy as 60% of the beans and maize used to prepare school meals were purchased from local farmers; 1 000 teachers were trained in the administration of de-worming treatment; over 2 000 Parent-Teacher Association members were trained in school feeding management and implementation. Overall this has contributed to increasing access to nutritious food and maintaining the primary school attendance rate for girls and boys at 98%. In addition 209 765 beneficiaries (children under 5 pregnant and lactating women anti-retroviral therapy and tuberculosis patients) received nutritional support through monthly food rations and micronutrients to treat moderate to severe chronic malnutrition. The nutritional support has increased access to nutritious food and important micronutrients for vulnerable groups in eight of the most food insecure municipalities in south and south-western Honduras.