In an opening ceremony held today in Ban Mixay, Attapeu province, School Feeding activities assisted by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Lao PDR were expanded to three new provinces of Southern Laos. Starting from the current semester, almost 24,000 schoolchildren in 230 schools across Saravane, Sekong and Attapeu receive a daily meal at school as well as take-home rations to share with their families.

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Photo credit: WFP/Tiziana Zoccheddu (WFP Country Representative Ms Karin Manente, United States Ambassador H.E. Rudolf R Huso, Vice-Minister of Education H.E. Mr Lytou Bouapao, provincial and local authorities at the opening ceremony in Ban Mixay, Attapeu province).