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School meals are at the heart of the World Food Programme's fight against hunger. Last year， the world's largest humanitarian agency provided school meals or take-home rations to 24.7 million children around the world. In Somalia， WFP's school meals are helping to bring children back to class， and this is especially important for girls， who have often been expected to stay at home and help with chores. Hargeisa - "Aqoon la aq'aan waa iftiin la aane" （"To be without knowledge is to be without light"） is a popular Somali proverb. But for many young people in this culturally rich country， years of conflict and cyclical droughts have placed the light of learning out of reach.
Today， WFP is investing in the future of Somali children by providing meals to around 106，000 children in 473 primary schools in the parts of the country to which the humanitarian agency has access.
"WFP started supporting the school in 2007. It provides the students with two meals a day. Before the meals were introduced， we only had 100 female students. Now 385 students， out of a total of 780， are girls，" said headmaster Mohammed Osman Ismail.
Today， WFP is investing in the future of Somali children by providing meals to around 106，000 children in 473 primary schools in the parts of the country to which the humanitarian agency has access.
"WFP started supporting the school in 2007. It provides the students with two meals a day. Before the meals were introduced， we only had 100 female students. Now 385 students， out of a total of 780， are girls，" said headmaster Mohammed Osman Ismail.