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Nepal takes huge bite into school feeding

Nepal has taken on the huge challenge of feeding every one of its students up to grade 5 one hot meal a day. The people are committed but can the government deliver?

Students wash up after their midday meal in Bajhang district, March 2022. ©Marty Logan

I recently received a fellowship to report about nutrition and chose to focus on school feeding, mainly in Nepal (links below).

About five years ago the government decided to invest heavily in the programme and in the following four years its investment in school meals almost quadrupled.

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