July 2022
Celebrating 20 Years of the McGovern-Dole Program
The year 2022 marks the 20 anniversary of the USDA McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which has provided 5.5 billion school meals …
June 2022
School Feeding Program Gets Boost from Mauritania-Senegal Exchange Visit
In May 2022, a team of 17 people including officials from the government of Mauritania, local and regional leaders, and Counterpart staff traveled to the …
March 2022
Improving Health so Children can Learn—Deworming in Mauritania
In Mbahé, a village in the department of Mbagne located in the south of Mauritania, many children are affected by parasites. The parasites harm their …
2020 — 2025
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program in Mozambique
CHALLENGE Located in southeastern Africa, Mozambique is a low-income, food-deficit country with a largely rural population of 31 million. In 2015, the country reached its …
McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program in Mauritania
CHALLENGE While 75% of the population in Mauritania depends on subsistence agriculture and pastoralism, the country has been facing drought exacerbated by climate change which …