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A hot meal, a better report card
Studies show that hungry children have trouble learning.
Two students in Honduras eat a nutritious lunch that is available every day at their school thanks to the World Food Programme and CIDA.
In 2008, CIDA's support to the WFP's school meals project in Honduras helped feed more than 300,000 children in 2,000 schools.
Beyond offering students nutritious meals at midday, the program gives students take-home rations for the family.
Canada contributed $32 million to feed schoolchildren worldwide. The project increases enrolment and attendance rates, decreases dropout rates, and helps improve nutrition.
