Kyei Manu 
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hon. Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey has led Ghana’s Delegation to Brazil to attend the 2nd Global Summit on School Meals Coalition.
At the summit, the Minister showcased the good works the Government of Ghana is doing in the area of school feeding, by providing hot and nutritious meals to children in Government schools with the following objectives:
1) to address malnutrition and boost immunity and well being of the children thereby reducing diseases and promote their growth
2) increase enrolment, attendance and retention
3) source for locally produced foods and create market for farmers
4) provide jobs for caterers and cooks.
Hon. Dr Naa Momo Lartey stated how the programme is providing meals for over 4.2 million children in 12,000 basic schools.
The Minister also served as a panelist and brilliantly delivered on how research has directly impacted on the establishment of the Ghana School Feeding Programme and thanked the Moderator, Prof Bundy for his contribution in being part of Ghana’s initial research that informed decision makers, leading to Ghana’s heavy investment in the lives of School Children in Ghana through the Ghana School Feeding Programme and other Social Interventions.
She further shared plans on the way forward and some actionable steps to improve the programme.
The Minister and her delegation also had bilateral meetings with the delegations from Finland and Ethiopia.
Source : MoGCSP
