WFP project guarantees healthy food for schools in Mayari

The Sustainable School Feeding Project (AES+), promoted by the World Food Program (WFP), guarantees adequate food for the students of the Leonte Guerra school, in the municipality of Mayari, in the province of Holguin, through links with production methods.

AES+, which uses funds from the Russian Federation, is being implemented in the five eastern provinces of the country, and one of its objectives is to improve the nutrition of vulnerable population groups through the development of climate-resilient agriculture, said WFP official Zoe Diaz.

To achieve this, with the donation of resources and working tools to the participants, they established alliances between the agricultural units and social safety nets, and thus avoiding the cost of food, she said.

Olga Lidia Proenza Gómez, director of the educational institution, explained that along with the Osvaldo Espinal and José Robothan schools in the municipality, her school was chosen

to take part in the project, where they immediately started working with Niceto Pérez cooperative farm, which would provide the supplies.

Based on a survey of students’ tastes and preferences and their nutritional needs, analyzed with the support of the health sector, they receive weekly the required products such as vegetables of different kinds and grains at an affordable price, she pointed out.

Proenza Gómez explained that these actions have benefited the more than 360 schoolchildren enrolled, who also benefit from the educational point of view, since as a result of the implementation of the AES+ led to the creation of 16 vocational clubs on related topics, which prepare them for their future performance.

Yurisan Molina Suárez, mother of two students in the group, thanked the program and all those involved in it for the work done, she is happy for the attention and care her children receive, who have been taught eating habits that they did not have before.

With information from ACN / Translated by Radio Angulo