Geographic Area: Upper Egypt

Area of Development: Social and human development

Sector: Poverty alleviation

Executive body: DGCS

Institutional counterpart: Ministry of Agriculture and World Food Programme

Other funding parties: Egyptian government

Beneficiaries: Children, pupils of rural disadvantaged areas

Period of implementation: 2003 - 2005

Amount and nature of the funds: 6,536,000 € grant through the debt swap

Type of intervention: Alimentary assistance

Objective: The project aims at reducing the phenomenon of malnutrition that hits children of many rural zones of Upper Egypt

Description of the project:

The project intervenes directly in primary schools, offering students the possibility of a complete and nutrient meal. This allows the children to complete more easily the cycle of primary studies and enables the families to send children to schools. Moreover, the project creates new job opportunities especially for women in the framework of the preparation and conservation of food.