1. Mexico delegation exchange views on school feeding, 6th-10th August
Representatives from the Sistema Nacional para o
Desenvolvimento Integral da Família visited the Centre. Whilst
Mexico already has a comprehensive school feeding programme in
place, the delegation was interested in learning of Brazil´s
experience with the Zero Hunger Strategy and its multi-sectoral
framework that connects school feeding to local purchase
initiatives.
Joanna Cristo Aguirre, Director General of Food and Community
Development, Ministry of Health, says: “I think Mexico could
Mexican delegation on visit to family
farm in Brazlandia benefit a lot from Brazil´s school feeding experiences, in particular
from monitoring and evaluation tools. On the other hand, Mexico
was the first country in Latin America to develop a
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Rwanda to implement school feeding after study visit to Brazil, 13th-17th August
WFP Centre visited Rwanda to follow-up on April´s study visit.
The government of Rwanda and the visiting delegation agreed on
a number of proposed next steps to implement the national
school feeding programme.
Abdoulaye Balde, WFP Rwanda Country Director, says: “The
Government of Rwanda has stated its desire to develop a
nationally owned home-grown school feeding programme with a
high degree of community ownership and gradually reduce its
Centre´s director Daniel Balaban met
current reliance on external support.”
with Prime Minister Pierre
Habumuremyi
See report on the mission in The New Times Daily.
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Ghana spends 2 weeks in Brazil for “eye opening” study visit, 20th-30th August
The high level delegation began with a field trip to Natal,
northeast Brazil, that allowed them to receive firsthand
experience of schools, farmers’ cooperatives and smallholder
farmer properties. This was followed by an official agenda of
discussions with representatives from ministries and
organisations involved in coordinating and supervising the school
feeding and local purchase programmes.
The action plan presented by Ghana in the concluding session
outlined aspirations to adapt best practices such as Brazil´s rights
Ghana delegation on visit to a school in -based approach to access to food.
Natal
Seidu Paakuna Adamu, coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding
Programme says: “We have really appreciated the serious
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Malawi hails follow-up mission an “inspiring” experience , 10th-15th September
Hosting Malawi for the second time after their first visit to the
Centre in March, the Centre received a high-level delegation that
included the Minister of Education and Deputy Minister of
Agriculture and Food Security. The aim of Malawi is to scale up
its national school feeding capabilities whilst also strengthening
the links with agricultural production.
The delegation received a comprehensive overview of the
institutional mechanics that link farmers´ organisations,
Government-contracted suppliers and social beneficiaries.
Charles Mazinga, Deputy Director for
School Health and Nutrition in the Meetings were help with government actors and field visits were
Ministry of Education, arranged to farms, cooperatives, associations and a school.
tucks in to a school meal.
Eunice Kazembe, Honourable Minister of Education and Science
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Senegal and Haiti complete study visit to Brasilia and Salvador, 12th-21st September
The delegations began with a overview in of Brazil´s food
programmes in Brasilia and in the second week travelled to
Salvador, in northeast Brazil, to meet many of the key
stakeholders along the food procurement supply chain.
The outcome was the drafting of a country-specific action plan
by both of the delegations, each pledging to promote the
importance of school feeding in their own countries.
Alix Raymond, National Programme of School Canteens, Haiti,
The mixed delegation enjoyed says: “This visit is going to allow us to improve Haiti´s school
the opportunity to exchange feeding programme”.
views with one another Ibrahima Sall, Minister of Education, Senegal says: “This is a very
important system. Senegal is working towards the idea of having
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Upcoming study visit, events and PAA Africa update
 From 3rd-12th October the Centre will be hosting a delegation from
Bangladesh. The delegation composed of representatives from the
ministries of education and finance, including the Minister of Primary &
Mass Education, WFP CO and HQ, will also take part in the “International
Seminar on Social Policies” organised jointly with the Brazilian Ministry
of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS) on October 8-11.
 The Centre is pleased to announce that will host the next Global Child
Nutrition Forum in 2013 in Brasilia. The event will be organised in
partnership with the Global Child Nutrition Foundation and will gather
academics, experts, government officials, UN representatives and civil
society around food and nutrition security police dialogue. Stay tuned for
more updates!
 The Purchase from Africans for Africa PAA Africa initiative was launched
this year by the Brazilian government inspired by its food purchase
programme (PAA) and is being implemented by WFP and FAO with the
support of the UK´s DfID. It is designed to facilitate market access for
African smallholder farmers by ensuring that the part of the food
distributed in food assistance programmes is sourced locally from each
country. So far consultants have been deployed to the 5 countries
involved, Ethiopia, Niger, Malawi, Mozambique and Senegal, and related
knowledge is being gradually built up.
Go to http://www.wfp.org/centre-of-excellence-hunger for more information