Lesotho

Member since
lesotho school meals
302.98K
Total children receiving school meals
312.01K
Children enrolled in primary school
11.21 Million
Total investment in school meals (USD)
Figures reflect the latest available data from the State of School Feeding Worldwide report, national reporting and global sources. Governments may update data more frequently, so values may differ from most recent national statistics. Reference year, source and further details are available in the School Meals Coalition Global Database.

National Commitments

Commitment submitted on
Declaration signed by the Ministry of Education and Training
• Enforce policy provisions requiring the procurement of 80% of food commodities from local smallholder farmers, as well as ecologically friendly farming methods, food safety, nutrition, and health issues.
• Create and enact school feeding legislation to protect the current school feeding budget.
• Increase school feeding budget by at least 50% in fiscal year 2024/2025 to cater for an increase in cost per meal within the next three years and to sustain monitoring and research, capacity strengthening of personnel, small holder farmers support for increased productivity and supply, inter-institutional and multi-sectoral coordination.
• Form a high-level multi-sectoral school feeding steering committee chaired by the Principal Secretary of Education and Training and comprised of different ministries.
• Conduct a value for money case study for the Lesotho school feeding program during the fiscal year 2024/2025
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National Progress Reports

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