•  No child should attend school hungry. This is the vision WFP has setto accomplish for 2015. School meals are a powerful social safety net for children. WFP is working with it government partners, NGOs and donors to achieve this aim.

•  WFP calculates that US$3.2 billion is needed per year to reach all 66 million hungry school age children. US$1.2 billion would allow WFP to reach the 23 million children in Africa.

• Currently, 75 million school-age children do not attend school. Poor households are often obliged to choose between sending their children to school or to the fields. The family meal of today can take priority over the children’s potential for tomorrow.

•  A daily school meal provides a strong incentive to send children to school and keep them there. An adequate school meal boosts learning by allowing children to focus on their studies and not their stomachs.

•  Just US$0.25 will fill a cup with porridge, rice or beans and give a monthly ration to take home. With US$50 a child can be fed for an entire school year.

• For most children their only meal of the day is their school lunch. It is a very good reason to go to school. In the first year of assistance alone, schools receiving WFP food have seen enrolment increase by 28% for girls and 22% for boys.