[3] It is run by the GSFP Secretariat in partnership with international agencies including the World Bank, the World Food Programme, the Partnership for Child Development, and UNICEF, as well as national organizations such as the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Dutch embassy.
[6] For the long term goal, it seeks to improve food security and reduce poverty.
[8] The programme has provided employment for 34,350 caterers and cooks especially women to enable them to take care of their families.
[10] Other challenges include farmers being unwilling to sell their produce on credit due to the government’s delay in the release of funds.
Community involvement, staff capacity building, access to potable water, inadequate infrastructure in some beneficiary schools (kitchens, storerooms, dining halls), and monitoring and evaluation are also of great challenge.