By the end of 2023, the school feeding programme in Sierra Leone had benefited more than 114,823 children in 584 pre-primary and primary schools, 51.5% of whom were girls, with 126 days of feeding completed in all the targeted schools. To achieve this, 1,855.763 tonnes of food were purchased and distributed to 584 schools in the three targeted districts in December 2023.
The programme planned to provide food aid in kind to 120,000 children attending public primary schools in 34 chiefdoms in 3 districts (Karene, Kenema and Bonthe). 1,720 tonnes of rice, 420 tonnes of pulses, 140 tonnes of vegetable oil enriched with vitamin A and 70 tonnes of iodised salt were to be purchased and distributed to 584 nursery and primary schools in 34 chiefdoms in the targeted districts.
All of these objectives were achieved thanks to a memorandum of understanding between the main organisations involved in this field, including the WFP and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. The support of the West Africa Food System Programme in Sierra Leone has been significant in ensuring the supply of quality food to the canteens.
