WFP to Support Food Project in Cuba

WFP to Support Food Project in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 12 (acn) The World Food Program (WFP) will provide
financial support to grain production in the Cuban provinces of
Guantanamo and Matanzas, Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported.

Such cooperation shall be addressed to kindergartens, primary and
special schools, as well as junior high boarding schools in those
territories.

Ertharin Cousin, WFP Executive Director met with officials of the Cuban
Ministry of Education to discuss the support that UN body will provide
to feed of Cuban students.

The UN official praised the Cuban educational system and told she feels
happy the collaboration will reach schools where children learn and get
prepared for life.

Many countries have nutrition programs they can not carry out due to
lack of government support, which is not what we have seen in Cuba,
Cousin said.

She noted her pleasure for WFP to contribute to the sustainability of
Cuba's achievements in educational sphere, and in its efforts to
eliminate bad eating habits in young people.

Meanwhile, Cira Piñeiro, First Deputy Minister of Education, highlighted
the massive and free character of Cuban educational system, including
feeding of boarding schools students.

Such cooperation will diversify and ensure the supply of grains in
school foods, but not the quantity, because the current norm is
consistent with nutritional levels according to age and is supported by
the Ministry of Public Health, Piñeiro noted.

Source: "WFP to Support Food Project in Cuba" -
http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2013/0612Food-Project.htm