School Lunch Program

Undernutrition in school-age children has proven to be responsible for poor academic performance as well as declined work capacity, and poor health/reproductive function later in life. Studies have shown that the prevalence of stunted growth and underweight school age children in Nigeria, ranges from 20% to as high as 50% with geographical variations. 

 

More so, schoolchildren in remote rural areas are less likely to have access to high-protein meals needed for optimal growth and brain development due to financial constraints.

SSI embarks on alleviating this by initiating a school feeding program with a target of at least one high-protein meal per student daily.

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With financial assistance, donations, and support from the public and institutions, SSI will be able to achieve its goal of serving at least ten resource-poor nursery/elementary schools in each local government area regionally.