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School Feeding Programme
Programme
Country
Geographic area
Previous programme name (if any)
School Feeding Programme
Botswana
Start date 2012 1
Programme objectives
Programme type
Programme components
Conditionalities (if any)
Sub-Saharan Africa
To prevent child malnutrition, improve school
attendance and promote nutrition education in schools. 1
Conditional in-kind transfer
The meals are served at school; therefore, school
attendance is the implicit conditionality of the programme. 2
Targeting methods Categorical targeting 2
Target areas Nationwide 2
Target groups
Children
Eligibility criteria School enrolment in government primary and secondary schools. 3
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
Food
Amount of benefits
One meal per day is provided, except for children in Remote Area
Districts (RADs), who receive a second meal, and for boarders at
secondary schools, who are provided three meals a day. Since 2003
the menu has included the local staple cereal (sorghum), beef and some
imported food items. From 2008 onwards, seasonal agricultural produce
from local farms has been provided. Secondary school menus also
include vegetables and funa (orange) drink. 1,3
Payment/delivery frequency Daily 1
Benefit delivery mechanism The meal is delivered in schools. 2
Benefit recipients Students 1
Minimum and maximum
duration of benefits (if any)
The programme runs for a total of 185 days a year,
except in remote areas where extra meals are provided. 2
Coverage 430,690 beneficiaries (2012/13) 4
Programme expenditure BWP485 million or 0.4 per cent of GDP (2012/13) 4
Institutions and agencies involved Ministry of Local Government, Food Relief Services 1
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
See the references on page 164: School Feeding Programme
District Commissioners supervise the school feeding programme
through the district-based Department of Food Relief Services (DFRS). 2
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