School Meals Program

Malnutrition is a significant challenge in Haiti and acute under-nutrition dramatically impedes growth and learning; food is simply vital to allowing a child to concentrate and learn in class. During academic year 2009-2010, with the support of Zynga.org, FATEM began a pilot program with Ecole Mitsraim de Nivard and provided a daily snack bar and a warm meal to 240 children attending school there.  Within just a few days of the meal program’s inception, the school’s management observed an increase in attendance of over 25%.  

FATEM also provided cereal bars to an additional 2,334 children at 11 other partner schools! This academic year, with the generous assistance of Zynga and the World Food Program, and through our partnership with Bureau de Nutrition et Développment (BND), we are providing a daily warm meal to 3,384 students at our 14 partner schools.