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School Feeding in Republic of Congo: More than Just Rice and Beans. ROSALIE KAMA-NIAMAYOUA Minister of Education, Republic of Cong o Introduction by: RACHEL ONUSKA Assistant Country Director, IPHD CONGO. Presentation Overview. Transition Period SUMMARY of Transition Plan
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School Feeding in Republic of Congo: More than Just Rice and Beans ROSALIE KAMA-NIAMAYOUA Minister of Education, Republic of Congo Introduction by: RACHEL ONUSKA Assistant Country Director, IPHD CONGO
Presentation Overview • Transition Period • SUMMARY of Transition Plan • STEPS leading to • OBSERVATIONS from YR1 • IMPACTS of SLP in Congo • Conclusion
School Feeding in Congo: LOCATION SLP start October 2012 6,150 students SLP started Nov 2012 30,000 students SLP 2002 to 2011 As of May 1 2012, 105,000 students
School Feeding Congo: TRANSITION TIMELINE • November 2008 – 6 member SLP Transition Team formed and began meetings. • Local food procurement • SLPeligibility for RoC funding • Request USDA to continue SLP for another 3 years while groundwork get put in place. • September 2010 – Congolese government approved a School Feeding Sustainability Plan. • September 2010- Transition Plan developed for IPHD’s current McGovern-Dole Program.
School Feeding Congo: STEPS leading to the Transition Period National Level School Level
The STEPs: School Level Community Involvement • Local Contribution • PTAs – over 450 trained
The STEPs: School Level More than Just Rice and Beans
The STEPs: School Level Consistent Monitoring • Satellite office in almost every region • Monthly school visits
The STEPs: National Level Government Involvement Clear Expectations National Parent Teacher Associations Data Sharing
School Feeding Congo: OBSERVATIONS FROM YR1 • Feeding 30,000 students locally • Locally-purchased imported commodities • Consistent quantity and quality of commodities available • High cost of beans • $102-$118 per 100lbs. ($2,234-$2,600 per MT)
School Feeding Congo: Experiences from YEAR 1 Do you think we could ever have something else besides rice and beans? • Monotonous Menu
School Feeding Congo: Putting “LOCAL” into Local Food Purchases • IPHD partnership with local farm cooperative and Ministry of Agriculture • GOAL for 2013/2014: • Local food purchases will be produced in Congo • School Lunch Menu will be diversified
IMPACTS of School Feeding in Congo Why is Republic of Congo interested in School Feeding? • Enrollment • Attendance • Minority Groups • Student Malaria • Post-Conflict Recovery • Government/NGO Partnerships
SLP Impact: ENROLLMENT SLP start next school year • 23.8% increase in enrollment in first four years of SLP • 9.7% increase in enrollment in first year First Year with SLP • 50% decrease in dropouts compared to schools without a SLP SLP 2002 to 2011
SLP Impact: ATTENDANCE RATES SLP start next school year • 12.9% increase in attendance rates from start of SLP until last school year • 1.4% increase in attendance rates in first year First Year with SLP SLP 2002 to 2011
SLP Impact: MINORITY GROUPS • 35 Babongo (Pygmy) students enrolled before SLP • 737 enrolled after 4 years of SLP SANGHA • Hoping to see similar impacts in Sangha LEKOUMOU
SLP Impact: DECREASED STUDENT MALARIA 2006 Study • 1000 randomly selected schools • 500 SLP schools • 500 non-SLP schools • Each southern region represented • Cause of absenteeism tracked for the 2006/2007 school year • 71% of students in SLP schools owned a mosquito net • 31% of students in non-SLP schools a owned mosquito net • SLP schools had a 66% reduction in absenteeism due to malaria
SLP Impact: POST-CONFLICT RECOVERY • 2002 SLP was first major injection of resources into primary education system since the 1999 civil war. • As small conflicts ebbed and flowed after the civil war, the school lunch program was a consistent social safety net for the Southern Regions.
SLP Impact: GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP CONGO TRANSPORT 2001 to 2006 Railway only shipping option BRAZZAVILLE Road impassable by heavy trucks POINTE NOIRE
SLP Impact: GOVERNMENT/IPHD PARTNERSHIP • Ministry of Education • Participating School selection, in the field SLP evaluations, development of malaria prevention manuals, layed framework for SLP transition within government • Ministry of Foreign Affaires • IPHD given diplomatic status March 2007 • Ministry of Finance • Dramatic improvement in tax exemption and timeliness of release of goods from the port • Ministry of Agriculture • Partnership for Local Food Production • Four out of nine IPHD warehouses and 2 out of 8 IPHD offices were provided by various ministries of the government.