Presentation on Mozambique's experiences in building National School Feeding Programme, made by H.E. Manuel Rego, Director of Cooperation and Planning, Ministry of Education, Mozambique, at the 2012 Global Child Nutrition Forum, Addis Ababa - Ethiopia. See more information at: http://www.wfp.org/blog/blog/centre-excellence-host-global-forum-child-nutrition-2013

1. MOZAMBIQUE
Introducing a national school feeding
programme

2. General context
• Population: 20,6 million (census
2007)
• 52% of population 0-18 years
old
• 70% lives in rural areas, and
40% in two provinces (Nampula
and Zambezia)
• Agriculture dominated by
smallholders
• 56,9 in rural and 49,6% in urban
areas below poverty line
• Chronic food insecurity: 34%
(see map areas most affected)
• Malnourished children: 43% (0-5
years)
• 15% children 6-12 suffer from
iodine deficiencies

3. Education
Progresses Major challenges
• Expansion of system (all • Retention and
levels) conclusion primary
education
• Improved equity (gender • PCR: 50% (2011)
and geographically) • Dropout rates increasing
(14% grade 5)
• More teachers and more • Diversification of learning
teachers trained skills and opportunities,
• Expenditure on responding to the
challenges of the labor
education more than market
tripled (2005-2011)

4. Strategic Plan for Education 2012-2016
Priorities for the coming years

5. Parental
Cash- education
transfers?

6. Development of School Feeding
Program (historial overview)
1977-2008 2008-2011 2012-2016
GoM takes over boarding schools feeding program
Initial School Transition to a sustainable
and prepares for
Feeding Program school feeding program
for take over school feeding in primary schools
1977: WFP
2002: WFP 2009: GoM
started 2010:
and JAM takes over 2010: 2011: GoM 2011: GoM 2016:
boarding Government
started boarding Governme inserts SF designs new Government
school request
primary school nt budgets program program: to implement
feeding technical
school feeding for SF under retargeting, sustainable
assistance to
feeding program Education new food schoolfeeding
develop FTI
under
Sector Plan basket, lower program
for GoM
strategy
(PEE 2012-15) costs, local
SF
schoolfeeding
and within the purchases etc
2008: WFP SF (Brazil and
programm MOZ Social
Evaluated WFP: trilateral
e 2012-15: Main activities
Protection
-High implementation agreement)
framework Pilot of SF Models in 12 schools
cost JAM aligns and PRAP 2011: ABC/WFP (trilateral agreement)
-Not well targeted school
School Government & -Technical Assistant from WFP/
programme feeding with
Feeding WFP agree on
-Imported food basket Gov plans BR for development of a
stakeholders the transition
sustainable National School
consultation action plan
Main Feeding Strategy.
recommendation: workshop
-SF Programme in food insecure
Remodeling program
districts (Tete, Sofala & Manica)
to allow
Hand Over to Gov -Fielding technical staff from the
WFP Centre of Excellency
(South/South Cooperation)

7. Existing Partnerships

8. Existing Partnerships

9. Major challenges
Financial sustainability Local capacity

10. Key Elements Sustainable
School Feeding Programme
1. Targeting: Primary Schools of 4. Government leadership
Priority districts • Intersectoral coordenation
• High food insecurity • Strengthening government
• Low performance of education capacity (central and local level)
indicators 5. Budget
2. Local procurement: Promote • State budget (internal and
local agricultural development external) within boundaries of
• Small farmers food commodity CFMP
supplying school feeding • Local contributions
• Economic and social development
6. Community participation
3. Food basket • Implementation and monitoring
• Locally produced and nutritionally • School committees: quality control
appropriate and supervision
• Milled and fortified locally

11. THANK YOU!