SFP – JENHO

School Feeding

Background

JENHO has implemented school feeding interventions to support children’s nutritional needs and enhance their ability to learn and attend school on daily basis. Through the provision nutritious food supplement, the program addressed food insecurity among vulnerable school-aged children. By ensuring access to nutritious food during the school day, the initiative promoted students’ health, concentration, and classroom engagement while also contributed to improved attendance and retention in schools.
Implemented school feeding interventions include:

Distribution of Bread+ (fortified bread variant that incorporates ingredients like walnuts, raisins, and fortified wheat flour to enhance its nutritional value) to primary aged school children
Distribution of High Energy Biscuits (HEBs) to primary aged school children
Distribution of fortified cooking oil to girl students in public school
Enhancing the capacity of Cooperating Partners (CPs) of WFP implementing school feeding intervention in Afghanistan