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School Meals Programme (SMP)
Programme
Country
Geographic area
Previous programme name (if any)
School Meals Programme (SMP)
Ethiopia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Start date World Food Programme (WFP)-sponsored school meals started in 1994. 1
Programme objectives
Programme type
Programme components
To improve school enrolment, attendance and
retention in the country’s most food-insecure areas. 1
Conditional in-kind transfer
Complementary measures include deworming campaigns
(supported by WHO) and school gardening activities
(supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization—FAO). 2
School attendance
Conditionalities (if any)
Targeting methods Geographical targeting and categorical targeting. 1
Target areas Rural woredas with the highest food security deficits 1
Target groups Children 1
Eligibility criteria Children must be enrolled at schools in the targeted areas. 1
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
Food
Amount of benefits
A daily hot meal is provided; take-home rations
in the form of vegetable oil are also distributed to girls. 2
Payment/delivery frequency Daily 2
Benefit delivery mechanism
The meals are distributed in schools.
Benefit recipients
Students
Minimum and maximum
duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage
681,195 children; of those, 127,136 girls
benefit from the take-home rations. 2
Programme expenditure
Institutions and agencies involved Government of Ethiopia; World Food Programme (WFP) 1
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
See the references on page 169: School Meals Programme (SMP)
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