PAA Africa short documentary: Investing in School Meals in Ethiopia

Purchase from Africans for Africa (PAA Africa) is an innovative programme that matches food demand of schools and other public institutions with agricultural supply from local smallholders and farmers organisations (FOs). PAA Africa has been implemented jointly by FAO and WFP since 2012, in partnership with national governments Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger and Senegal. In Ethiopia, the programme is being implemented in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People Region (SNNPR) and is benefitting 2,815 smallholder famers (by strengthening productive and organizational capacity) and 9,655 school children (by providing nutritious school meals). Along with partners in Ethiopia, PAA Africa has played a key role in paving the way forward for the establishment of Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes at regional and national level. Links: PAA Africa: www.paa-africa.org FAO: www.fao.org WFP: www.wfp.org Contributors of the video: - Asamenech Asmelash, student of Safa Chisa school - Gatso Beshah, teacher in Safa Chisa school - Askale Teklu, Programme Officer, WFP Ethiopia - Francesco Slaviero, PAA Africa Coordinator, WFP-HQ - Milton Rondó, former Coordinator of General Coordination against Hunger (CGFOME), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil - Kelifa Olisero, President of the Melik Siltie Farmers’ Cooperative Union - Leulseged Yimer, School Feeding Coordinator, Southern Nations, Nationalities and People Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia - Florence Tartanac, Senior Programme Officer, FAO-HQ - Wanja Kaaria, Deputy of the WFP-African Union Liaison Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Martial De-Paul Ikounga, Commissioner of African Union Credits - Janaina Pessman - Federico Costantini - Kumerra Gemechu WATCH WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin on the importance of PAA Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aif0E9ZIRdU

Comments

1. Parabéns!