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Belize: Toledo District School Lunch Program

The Toledo District School Feeding Program (SFP) is part of a national effort in Belize to help undernourished primary school children do better in school by providing them with a hot lunch.

Because children in the Toledo District have the highest incidence of malnutrition in Belize, the SFP is especially critical here.

The SFP Committee, made up of representatives of all the schools, actively assists Plenty Belize in the planning, monitoring, and implementation of the GATE (Garden-based Agriculture for Toledo's Environment) Program.

Adding Soy Protein

Plenty has provided soybeans to the schools for their lunch programs along with support for the cooks to learn how to make and incorporate these high protein foods with traditional meals.

Plenty’s local Nutrition promoter, Barbara Nightingale, was asked to provide instruction on making soymilk and okara.

She has also helped the cooks at participating schools learn ways of incorporating the school garden vegetables into the children’s meals.

Barranco Principal Angie Nicholas expressed her excitement about the additional nutritious lunches for her students:

“It is wonderful to see how Plenty is committed to helping our children here at Barranco School.”

A New School Kitchen for San Felipe

The British High Commission provided over US$16,000 to Plenty for the construction on a new reinforced concrete 30 foot by 30 foot kitchen for the school in the village of San Felipe.

San Felipe is a Kek’chi Mayan Village of around 300 people.

The school serves about 85 children.

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