Papua New Guinea
School food activities in Papua New Guinea
Marobe School Gardens Project
Garden program
Started: 2020
Status: Concluded 2022, ongoing in some schools
Regional, Lae district
Reach: 16 Day and Boarding schools
School level: Primary schools, Secondary schools (grades 5 – 12)
Program goals:
- Schools are sustainably managing established school gardens
- Develop a design for sustainable school garden models
- Activate the school gardens as practical learning environment
Managed by Australian National University and local program implementation manager. Engagement from DFAT.
Capacity assessment - School Meal project
Other
Started: 2021
Status: Project finished in 2023, gardens are ongoing
Local
Reach: 4 Boarding and Day schools
School level: Primary school, Secondary school
Program goals:
- Identify primary and secondary schools for school meal project pilots
- Discuss and consult with provincial government on the pilot project to gain their support
- Mapping of potential service providers of the school meal activities
- Identify provincial focal points for the SMP project steering committee
- Undertake a rapid assessment of school’s capacity, community/roadside markets, farmer groups and CSOs.
- Meeting with relevant CSOs and partners to identify their potential in supporting the project in various service provisions
Implemented by FAO with support from the government.
Boarding School Feeding
Feeding program
Started: Unsure
Status: Ongoing
National
Reach: Boarding schools
School level: Secondary school
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