The School Feeding Project for Social Register of Mauritius (SRM) beneficiaries of the Grand Port district was launched yesterday, on a pilot basis, at the Mahebourg Social Welfare Centre. The project is a joint initiative of the National Empowerment Foundation (NEF), the Omnicane Foundation and the Mauritius Union Foundation.
The objective of the project is to provide students who are SRM beneficiaries, with a hot meal on a daily basis to reduce short-term hunger and cases of malnutrition that may otherwise impair their academic performance. A total of 85 children, from pre-primary school and Grade one, from the region of Mahebourg and Rose-Belle will benefit from this programme, up to the end of the academic year.
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