Belmopan’s St Martin’s Government Primary School to receive kitchen items for school feeding programme from Mesoamerica Hunger Free Project AMEXCID/FAO

Published by BBNTEAM at June 7, 2023

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Posted: Wednesday, June 7, 2023. 10:11 am CST.

Photo Credit: St Martin’s Government Primary School

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO programme is today handing over kitchen items including refrigerators and stoves to St Martin’s Government Primary School in Salvapan, Belmopan for a school feeding program.

The Ministry of Agriculture through which acts as the liaison for these international programmes in Belize said the initiative comes under the Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO programme which aims to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in the Mesoamerican region. The Mesoamerica Hunger Free is a joint effort of the Mexican Government, through the Mexican Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AMEXCID), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Present for the handing over will be the Mexican Ambassador Mexican Ambassador Martha Zamarripa, the General Manager of the Execution Abroad Project of the Mexican Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AMEXCID) Gloria Sandoval, Minister of State of National Defense and Border Security and area representative Oscar Mira, and the Chief Education Officer Yolanda Gongora.

Neida Trejo, Principal of St Martin’s Government Primary School will receive the donation. St Martin’s is one of the schools in the country which are participating in the Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO programme which entails a school feeding program based on healthy menus which are drafted under the programme and school gardens as a teaching tool.

The Mesoamérica sin hambre Programme collaborates with institutions from ten countries in the region, namely Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic.

On Tuesday, GM Sandoval visited San Joaquin Roman Catholic Primary School and the Chan Chen Government Primary School in the Corozal Districts. Both schools are participating in the Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO programme.

Sandoval’s visit is to review the progress of the Mesoamérica Hunger Free programme.

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