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Tony Roberts, Proprietor of the Tony Roberts Company has been named the ninth recipient of the School Nutrition Association (SNA) Industry Member of the Year Award.  Roberts, who has been involved with child nutrition programs for over 27 years, has worked tirelessly to mentor new school foodservice directors and support their efforts to increase school meal participation.

Tony will receive the 2011 Industry Member of the Year Award before his SNA colleagues at the association’s 65th Annual National Conference in Nashville, TN on Sunday, July 10, 2011.  Roberts, along with the 2011 SNA Outstanding Director of the Year, will also be honored at the GCNF “A Possible Dream Gala” on Monday, March 5, 2012 in Washington, DC.

During the upcoming Texas Association of School Nutrition event (June 21-22, 2011), Precision Foods, Inc. will be hosting a Facebook promotion on its Facebook promotional page http://www.facebook.com/PFIPassport for a product called “Asian Passport.”  For every new “like” that the company gets, it will donate $1 to the Global Child Nutrition Foundation.

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GCNF was informed by the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture that 12 mattresses, 26 blankets and 24 bed sheets were purchased from donations made by Global Child Nutrition Forum attendees on their school visit in the Narok District, Kenya. The all girls’ boarding school received $300 from Forum attendees on May 5, which was used to purchase the new bedding.

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Ongat Naado Handing Over Matresses

The government of Kenya has distributed Sh17.7 million for home grown school feeding (HGSF) programs in the Mwala District in Machakos County, an area that Global Child Nutrition Forum attendees visited during the school feeding field trip in early May.

Out of the total Sh17.7 million, Sh7.3 million went to 40 schools in Yathui and Kibauni, under the home grown feeding program. The District of Education Officer, Rose Sagara, said the two divisions are given priority because they are prone to food insecurity. “Sh5.2 million was availed during the first term and Sh2.1 million during the second term, to cater for meals for pupils from vulnerable families”. These funds will allot Sh10 per child per day for school meals.

An additional Sh10.4 million was allocated for the Emergency Expanded School Meals Programme, which helps supplement the home grown school feeding initiative to cover 134 additional primary schools.

The Government of Malawi has allocated MWK 500,192,996 (USD 3,330,126.59) to the Department of School Health, Nutrition and HIV and AIDS in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, for the implementation of a national school meals program. The budget session is currently in progress in the Parliament.

The first phase of the program will focus on integrating either locally sourced foods or growing a school farm/garden. The Ministry has proposed the implementation of the school meals program to begin in the second term of the 2011-2012 school year. The Ministry is also requesting assistance from the World Food Programme to support the plan development and has reached out to the Boston Consulting Group for further guidance to finalize the implementation plan.