Astou Ndongo Fall

October 16, 2024

To celebrate the new school year, Counterpart Senegal office manager Astou Ndongo Fall delivers a message on the important role the school canteens, managed by our McGovern-Dole Sukaabe Janngo II project, play in creating an effective learning environment.

Senegal Reaps the Economic Benefits of Sustainable School Feeding   

School feeding programs have the power to not only improve the lives of children, but also have a transformative ripple effect in the wider community with the procurement of local...

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Serving Up an Education Through School Feeding Programs

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March 2024

Serving Up an Education Through School Feeding Programs

In many countries around the world, school lunch is the only meal that children in low-income communities can reliably count on. Today, on International School Meals Day, it is important...

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McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program

The USDA McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program in Senegal - Sukaabe Janngo (Children of Tomorrow) - continues to build stronger systems to ensure that future Senegalese children will benefit from a wholistic set of activities that support healthy families and students with improved academic performance.

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Counterpart International implemented two USDA funded projects in Saint Louis, Senegal to support the goal of ensuring that School Management Committees can serve as a sustainable pathway to Community Led School Feeding.