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This development project responds to the Government of Djibouti's request for support in establishing a viable, sustainable, nationally-owned school feeding programme consistent with the Government¡¯s efforts to guarantee basic education for all children.

Building upon the recommendations of the 2012 external evaluation of the current school feeding project, the project will aim to: (i) increase access to education for all children in targeted rural pre-, primary and middle schools in line with Strategic Objective 4 (¡°Reduce chronic hunger and undernutrition¡±); and ii) enhance the capacity of the Government to formulate a national school feeding policy and establish a sustainable national school feeding programme that is integrated into Djibouti¡¯s wider education sector policy in line with Strategic Objective 5 (¡°Strengthen the capacities of countries to reduce hunger through hand-over strategies and local purchase¡±).

Capacity development efforts will also focus on national capacity in monitoring and evaluation of national school feeding programmes.

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳school feeding will directly assist 17,900 beneficiaries in rural areas of all five regions of Djibouti - Arta, Ali-Sabieh, Dikhil, Obock, and Tadjourah - and in the suburban area of Djibouti-City. ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳will aim to progressively hand-over direct implementation of school feeding to the Government.