This morning, the Government of Belize and the Mexican Embassy in Belmopan held a ceremonial event to recognize their continued partnership in fighting hunger in Belizean schools.
It's called the Mesoamerica Hunger-Free School Feeding Project in Toledo District, which ran from early 2016 to November 2018. In that program, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization partnered with the Mexican Agency for International Cooperation for Development and the Belize Government to roll out a feeding program to 4 schools in the Toledo District.
Approximately 652 students from the schools in Pueblo Viejo, Santa Elena, Santa Cruz, and San Antonio benefitted from this pilot project by receiving fresh, healthy, diverse foods in a pleasant environment conducive to healthy eating practices. According to the findings of this project, during that period, attendance at the schools increased up to 100%, and the students were more engaged and attentive during their lessons.
The FAO and AMEXID have since conducted an in-depth analysis of the pilot project, and today handed over a full report with recommendations on how it could be rolled out on a national level.
With the help of the Government Press Office and our colleagues at Plus TV, we bring you coverage of today's ceremonial handing over of the report. Here's what the main speakers had to say about how the pilot project went:
Since 2015, Mesoamerican countries and a Caribbean nation embarked on the Mesoamerica Without Hunger Initiative.
