[Stoves] An Up-scale of the Use of fuel-efficient stoves in the preparation of school meals in WFP assisted schools.

[Pamela Shao]

See attachments at: http://www.bioenergylists.org/en/wfpsept07

Dear Colleagues,

My name is Pamela Shao, I have just joined the group this week and would
like to introduce myself to you all and share my project. But first a
little background information about the WFP School Feeding Programme where
my project is based.

As you may all know, the United Nations World Food Programme provides meals
at school to more that 19 million children in 71 countries worldwide. Other
than these school meals, the WFP School Feeding programme runs secondary
activities to help improve the health and nutrition of our beneficiaries
under what we call 'The Essential Package' to primary education. In this
package is the installation of fuel-efficient stoves to cook the school
meals.

Together with our various partners, we have installed hundreds of stoves in
programmes in Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, The Gambia,  Laos, Lesotho, Malawi
and Tanzania whose impacts have not only contributed to the conservation of
forest resources but also triggered community development; as the case in
Tanzania where women have been trained to replicate the school stove in
their homes.

I have joined this group not only to share our experiences  but also
network with you all on strategies of up-scaling the use of fuel efficient
stoves in making them a basic requirement of a WFP school feeding programme
rather than stand-alone projects that we have now. I welcome your
suggestions, comments, funding sources and any other information of
on-going projects that we can learn from.

I am attaching our website below as well as the Essential Package document
for further reference.

http://www.wfp.org/food_aid/school_feeding/index.asp?section=12&sub_section=
3


(See attached file: The Essential Package to basic Education.pdf)

Best regards

Pamela Shao
Consultant
School Feeding Service
The United Nations World Food Programme
Via C.G Viola, 68/70
00148, Rome
ITALY
Tel: +39 06 6513 3506
Fax: +39 06 6513 2854


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