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IDENTIFY PROBLEMS
An Africa Aid Assessment and Action Team traveled to Ghana in the fall of 2005, and identified the need for a school lunch based upon poor school attendance figures and undernourished students.
COLLECT INFORMATION
Data was collected to determine the size of program required, student education levels/ages, material requirements, budgets, and attendance records for future program evaluation.
CONNECT COMMUNITIES
Data was presented to the Africa Aid University Student Organization at UC San Diego, who helped to identify the SLP as a priority and assisted in sustainable SLP plan development.
IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS
Working with African Refugee NGO partner SHIFSD, Africa Aid constructed a kitchen, hired refugee mothers as paid cooks, and currently feeds more than 200 children in Buduburam.
SUSTAIN PROGRESS
The upcoming Africa Aid Microlending Program will empower refugee women in Buduburam to start and run their own agricultural-based businesses that will supply food to our SLP, leading to program sustainability.
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EDUCATION
By offering a nutritious daily lunch to refugee students, the SLP supplies the necessary incentive for students to participate in school, while increasing their ability to learn by improving their nutritional well-being.
HEALTH
Africa Aid provides a well-balanced daily lunch to refugee students that may only eat one meal a day. In addition, Africa Aid supplies a health and nutrition curriculum to accompany school lunches in Africa.
WATER
The SLP supplies clean drinking water to students, and teaches about the importance of clean water with a health curriculum designed by Africa Aid university student organizations.
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Africa Aid provides job opportunities to refugee mothers as SLP cooks, and supports nonprofit partner SHIFSD, which is a Liberian refugee-run organization.
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