Timor-Leste

• Ensuring that all children who attend pre-school and basic education establishments integrated in the State’s public supply network have a daily meal of healthy, balanced and essential food content for their development and encourage their participation in pre-school education -school and basic education, promoting the teaching and learning process;
• Reduce the risk of poverty in school-age children;
• Reduce the rate of malnutrition and malnutrition of school-age children;
• Reduce the dropout rate and meet educational goals;
• Promoting healthy eating habits among educational communities;
• Promote the participation and socio-economic development of communities in the construction of a sustainable development policy;
• Contribute to the economic development of local farmers;
• Promote territorial cohesion.

Managed by Ministry of Education, Youth & Sport (MEYS), Municipal Authorities plus the Regional Authority of the Special Administrative Zone of Oé-cusse-Ambeno (RAEOA) and Ministry of State Administration (MSA). Entities engaged in program include WFP, Care International, UNICEF, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture.