Food For Education: A Path Forward After 10 Years of Learnings
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McGovern Dole Food-for-Education (FFE) projects, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, aim to reduce hunger and improve literacy outcomes for school-age children, especially for girls, around the world. The projects provide a combination of school meals and a host of literacy components ranging from teacher training to school libraries.
Since 2013, AIR has been contracted as an external evaluator for FFE projects across seven countries. Ten years later we have gained deep empirical insights; cross-country comparative, global information; and local knowledge about the program, how it differs across contexts, its implementation, and its impact.
On February 7, 2023, AIR hosted a webinar presenting new findings from meta-analyses of various FFE projects.
Participants heard from a panel of experts presenting lessons learned related to:
- COVID-19 disruptions and school closures;
- Literacy interventions and their impact on student learning; and
- Scalability and sustainability of these projects.
AIR literacy experts outlined how these lessons learned–along with the generation of new evidence–are being applied to significantly improve the effectiveness of literacy outcomes as part of FFE programming in Benin and beyond.
Event Files
Food For Education: A Path Forward After 10 Years of Learnings (Presentation Slides, PDF)
Moderator
Anne Sellers
Education Technical Director
Catholic Relief Services
Panelists
![Pooja Nakamura](/sites/default/files/styles/50_/public/2022-11/Nakamura%20Pooja%20_11A7456%202022.jpg?itok=ivVuN5f3)
Pooja Reddy Nakamura
Principal Researcher, AIR
![Uttara Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/50_/public/2022-10/Uttara%20Balakrishnan_201_250.png?itok=qZFWkyiS)
Uttara Balakrishnan
Senior Research Economist, AIR
![Michaela Gulemetova](/sites/default/files/styles/50_/public/2022-11/Gulemetova%20Michaela%2011A7261%202022.jpg?itok=zZHyrM55)
Michaela Gulemetova
Senior Economist, AIR
![Glynnis Melnicove](/sites/default/files/styles/50_/public/2022-10/Melnicove%20Glynnis%202022.jpg?itok=enIJPlEq)
Glynnis Melnicove
Researcher, AIR
![Ellie Morefield](/sites/default/files/styles/50_/public/2023-01/Ellie-Morefield-USDA-event.jpg?itok=_eHbajly)
Ellie Morefield
Team Lead
Monitoring, Evaluation and Strategic Planning
USDA
![Camilla Freeland Taylor headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/50_/public/2023-02/Camilla-Freedland-Taylor-USDA-event.png?itok=eNkdbPcF)
Camilla Freedland-Taylor
International Program Specialist
Foreign Agricultural Service
USDA
![Daniel Zaas](/sites/default/files/styles/50_/public/2023-02/Zaas%20Daniel%202023.png?itok=EpLq02XK)
Daniel Zaas
Researcher, AIR
Closing Remarks
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David Seidenfeld
Senior Vice President
International Development Division, AIR
February 7, 2023
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ET