USDA supports Cameroon children nutrition, literacy with $27m

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Cameroon a grant of $27 million (approximately 14 billion CFA) for a nutrition and literacy program targeting primary schools in four regions of the country.

Over five years, the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program will benefit more than 200,000 people, including children, teachers and parents associated with 265 schools in the Adamawa, East, North, and Northwest regions of Cameroon. 

The program will also provide trainings in teaching, nutrition, health and sanitation, and good governance to government officials at the regional and national levels.