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26-11-2015
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 The Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation chaired today the first Steering Committee for the European Union (EU) funded project "Enhancing Access of Children to Education and Fighting Child Labour" implemented by the World Food Programme (WFP).

The Ministers of Education, Manpower, and Social Solidarity participated in the committee that reviewed the key achievements and main challenges since the starting date of the project in July 2014.

The €60-million project targeting 16 of the most vulnerable governorates in Egypt aims at ending child labour through enhancing access to education, especially for girls.

The project provides 100,000 children in community schools with a daily in-school snacks (date bars fortified with vitamins and minerals) as well as take-home food rations (10 kg of rice and 1 litre of oil) to their families. Over the four-year duration of the project, up to 400,000 family members will receive the take-home rations, the value of which compensates for the wage a child would earn if sent to work.

 In-school snacks and the take-home rations serve as incentives for families to send their children, especially girls, to school to boost school enrollment and retention rates. Children who attend a minimum of 80% of school days each month are entitled to the take-home ration. "Through financing this programme, the EU is contributing to the ongoing efforts to tackle some of the most critical issues affecting Egypt's poorest children: undernutrition, access to quality primary education, and stopping child labour," said Ambassador James Moran, Head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt. "We are proud to be part of helping 100,000 children - and particularly young girls in primary schools - to pursue their education and maintain their rights."
 
 
 
 
 
 

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