Laos: Safer Land, Food for Education

HDI received a Food for Education grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 2006 to implement a UXO removal and school feeding project in Laos. The project is providing 10,000 schoolchildren in Khammouane province with better nutrition and educational opportunities.

HDI is:

Fostering a safer educational environment for schoolchildren by clearing unexploded ordnance (UXO) from school sites;
Increasing school attendance rates, particularly among girls, by providing nutritional meals as incentives;
Improving learning resources by providing school supplies, teacher training, and improved school facilities; and
Establishing school gardens to ensure that nutritional school feeding continues after the project is finished.

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