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BHUTAN 1981. School feeding project

1981 (exact date unknown). Ura, Bhutan. Eating lunch (bulgur and vegetables) at the Ura Primary School, 315 km east of Thimphu.

The country received assistance from UN Agencies for the nutritional improvement of children. In 1980, FAO established a schoolfeeding project to increase primary school enrolments and reduce schooldropout levels in rural areas.

Eating lunch (bulgur and vegetables) at the Ura Primary School, 315 km east of Thimphu. - - General: General. Bhutan is a landlocked country situated in the northeastern Himalayas between the Tibetan plateau and the Assam-Bengal plains of northeastern India. Ninety percent of the work force of the country's 1.3 million people is engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. Illiteracy is very high, making for a dire shortage of technicians and administrators. Bhutan received assistance from several UN agencies and in 1976 the UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) started a USD 1.4 million four-year project for nutritional improvement of school children. In 1980 it was followed by a similar USD 5.8 three-year school-feeding project, which provides soy-fortified bulgur wheat, dried skimmed milk, vegetable oil, dried fish and iodized salt. Both increasing enrolment in primary schools in rural areas and a reduction in dropouts have resulted. About 50% of schools provide board facilities for students whose homes are far away. Current total WFP assistance to Bhutan amounts to USD 11.07 million with six food aid projects.

01/01/1982

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Bhutan is a landlocked country situated in the northeastern Himalayas between the Tibetan plateau and the Assam-Bengal plains of northeastern India. Ninety percent of the work force of the country's 1.3 million people is engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. Illiteracy is very high, making for a dire shortage of technicians and administrators. Bhutan received assistance from several UN agencies and in 1976 the UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) started a USD 1.4 million four-year project for nutritional improvement of school children. In 1980 it was followed by a similar USD 5.8 three-year school-feeding project, which provides soy-fortified bulgur wheat, dried skimmed milk, vegetable oil, dried fish and iodized salt. Both increasing enrolment in primary schools in rural areas and a reduction in dropouts have resulted. About 50% of schools provide board facilities for students whose homes are far away. Current total WFP assistance to Bhutan amounts to USD 11.07 million with six food aid projects.