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Oct 08: The new kitchen cum store under construction
The construction of a kitchen-cum-store will enable the provision of the World Food Programme supported meals in Sephu Community Primary School. The school will have a proper place for storing food items, and a clean place where the students’ two meals – breakfast and lunch - will be prepared. Being able to have a place to eat during the day will provide the nourishment children need to be able to concentrate in their studies and participate actively in their learning and extra-curricular activities.
Progress towards project goals
Lack of meals and proper facilities in schools are one of the problems leading to absenteeism and drop-out rates. Thus, the project will help in achieving the objectives of enhancing quality primary education, ensuring the enrollment of school-going-age children; reducing absenteeism and drop-out rates; and improving the health of school-going age children of Sephu geog in Bhutan.
About the school & local community
The school caters to 8 villages of about 105 households. There are 118 students ( 56 girls & 62 boys) studying in classes ranging from pre-primary to 6th grade. The community members expressed their gratitude for the project and stated that once completed, the kitchen-cum-store will be very helpful in providing their children with two WFP meals in a day.
Kids at the Sephu Community School
Prior to this construction the food items were stored in a bamboo shed and the meals were prepared in it too. This improper storage and preparation proved unhygienic. With the construction completed the children will have hygienically prepared meals and a proper place for storing food items.
The bamboo shed that served as the old kitchen-cum-store
Most of the children of the school are happy and proud to have a nice kitchen-cum-store and believe that their food will be tastier when prepared in it!
(Update posted 03 February 2009).
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