São Tomé and Príncipe
The nation of São Tomé and Príncipe covers two islands and several – mostly uninhabited – islets in the Gulf of Guinea. A 190,000-strong, lower-middle-income country with a history of slavery and failed socialist reforms, Sao Tome is heavily indebted and ranked 143th out of 188 in the 2015 Human Development Report.
In 2015, more than 60 percent of the population was estimated to be living below the national poverty line of US$1.70 per person per day, and more than 40 percent lived on less than US$1.25. The mortality rate for children under five was high at 51 per thousand. In the late 2000s, almost a third of Sao Tomean children in that age group were found to suffer from moderate or severe stunting; three in ten were chronically malnourished.
What the World Food Programme is doing in São Tomé and Príncipe
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School meals
WFP provides a daily hot meal to 43,200 primary school children (first to sixth grades). As part of the process, WFP has established kitchens equipped with eco-stoves, storage facilities, parent-teacher associations, teacher monitoring mechanisms and, at many schools, vegetable gardens. The school meals programme is being transitioned to the Government.
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