Addis Ababa January 27/2021 (ENA) A school feeding project that benefits 499 schools in five regional states was launched today. The 21.4 million USD project funded by Global Partnership for Education will be implemented in Oromia, Amhara, Sidama, Somali, and Afar regions. The project is expected to benefit 163,021 pre-primary and primary school children students, it was learned. According to him, the government has allocated 1.9 billion Birr in five regions to feed 1.4 million students. “Unfortunately, hunger is the major negative factor.”Save the Children will implement the school feeding project.

Source: Ethiopian News January 27, 2021 16:18 UTC