1. EMMANUEL OHENE AFOAKWA (GHANA)
BUILDING FORUM NETWORKS FOR SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMMES IN AFRICA (GLOBAL CHILD NUTRITION FORUM 2007)
HILTON TOWERS HOTEL, CHICAGO, IL USA
JULY 12 – 18, 2007
EMMANUEL OHENE AFOAKWA
(GHANA)

2. GCNF 2006 DELEGATES, LOS ANGELES, CA

3. GCNF 2006 DELEGATES & HOST

4. GCNF Activities & Participatory Impact
Sharing Circles / Introductory discussions
- Key Issues on National Programs
- Challenges
- Successes
- Status of National Program
- Future plans
Visit to Elementary School Feeding Programme
Visit to High School Feeding Programme
Visit to Food Industry
Delegates Think Tank
Etc.

5. SCHOOL FEEDING NETWORKS
United States School Feeding Program
British School Programme
Canadian School Feeding Program
Latin America School Feeding Program (LA-RAE)
Caribbean School Feeding Programme
African School Feeding Programmes?

6. African Network for School Feeding Programmes (ANSFEP)
ANSFEP FORMATION:
Formed on July 16, 2006 during GCNF 2006 in Los Angeles, CA, with support from Child Nutrition Foundation, USAID and USDA.
MISSION:
Expanding opportunities to all African School going children to receive adequate nutrition (at least one hot meal a day) for improved nutritional status (well-being) and enhanced learning readiness.
VISION:
Promoting the right of the African child to food and freedom from hunger.

7. Millennium Development Goals

8. ANSFEP Priorities Our activities will focus on:
key intervention to achieve Education for all African children and
to promote improved nutritional status and good health for all school-aged children in Africa

9. Current ANSFEP Membership
Ghana
Nigeria
South Africa
Uganda
Zambia
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Ethiopia
Mali

10. ANSFEP Executives
Secretary
President

11. Some ANSFEP Members

12. HGSFP Sustainability ANSFEP strategy:
Advocate/Promote Government commitment
Promote Community Participation
Promote Use of Home Grown Food
Provide Technical support to Develop National Capacities
Train/Support good program leadership and communication mechanisms with stakeholders.
Promote private sector involvement

13. Promotion of Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF)
HGSF – School feeding programme using food that is grown locally by small-scale farmers
Double benefit: Supports education AND helps local farmers and their families
Recommended as a “quick win” programme to reduce hunger and poverty
African Union and NEPAD: 25% of countries should have HGSF programmes by 2008
Using Country models from Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, etc.

14. Provide technical support to Develop National Capacities
Complex process due to its dimension and diversity:
Legislation framework
Management
Financial and Human resources
Operational: M&E, Nutrition, Procurement, logistics, quality control
Community Participation
Role of private sector
Inter-sectorial coordination

15. How and with who to do it Learning from successful experiences
Advocating for NFFE
Ensuring resources (Governments & Donors)
Following up on Country implementation plans
M&E
Advocate for policy making and legislation
Expertise / Capacity building
Time

16. ANSFEP Networking Activities
Discussion with Country Representatives to share;
Capacity building Resources (Information, Advice,
Expertise, etc.)
Internships
Co-sponsors
Partnership with existing well developed programmes for;
Support on national framework establishment
Policies
Institutional mechanisms
Infrastructure to administer programs

17. ANSFEP Networking Activities
Programme Management
Implementation
Abuse
Waste
Fraud
Management of various challenges
Advocacy
Advocate governments and international
organizations to assist African countries institute
school feeding programmes and ensure its
sustainability at national level.

18. ANSFEP Executives PRESIDENT: Dr. Kwame Amoako Tuffuor (Ghana)
VICE-PRESIDENT: Dr. Lami Amodu (Nigeria)
SECRETARY: Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa (Ghana)

19. Keeping ANSFEP Linkages
ing, Visits, etc.
- Challenges alerts
- Successes
- Program Visits
Occurrences in programme challenges

20. ANSFEP Regional Meetings
Regional Conferences / Meetings
NEPAD/WFP initiating the first ever Regional HGSF Conference to be held in Accra, Ghana on 4-5 October 2007.
New GCNF Country delegates from Africa are invited into ANSFEP Membership.

21. ANSFEP Contacts PRESIDENT: Dr. Kwame Amoako Tuffuor
SECRETARY: Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa
All other information could be found at:

22. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Many thanks to the Global Child Nutrition Foundation for funding my third GCNF participation
Especially:
Dr. Gene White (Board Chair, GCNF)
Penny McConnell (Chair, GCNF 2007)
Paul Alberghine (Director, GCNF)

23. THANK YOU