Primary School Children

It takes more than schools and teachers for a good education; it also takes healthy children.  While it may at first seem counterintuitive, research has found that some of the most cost-effective interventions for education happen outside the classroom—particularly in a developing country context.  The right nutrition protects against illness (and missed school days) and the inability to focus that comes from being under-nourished, and also ensures the energy to participate in athletics or other school activities.  Yet while “school feeding” programs have become increasingly popular, all too often they provide only “empty calories”—enough to fill the belly,  but not enough to generate wellness for children.

The field trial will use advanced nutritional supplements or foods fortified with such nutrients, delivered through primary school feeding programs, and carefully document the outcomes.