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It was within the scope of the "School feeding - Sustainable and resilient construction, inclusive and adapted management of school kitchens in Mozambique" project, financed by the Camões Institute, implemented by APOIAR and in partnership with PRONAE, ForAfrika, the Provincial Directorate of Sofala, the Dondo District Directorate and the LVIDA Foundation, that the new school kitchen in Macharote (Sofala) launched on the 8th of February. This kitchen is based on the construction of APOIAR's KUKULA kitchens but is built with the inputs of these partners, as a "model kitchen" and a reference for the implementation of school kitchens in Mozambique.

In the field of nutrition, it's the partnership with JOINCO that finances the daily meals served by Macharote's kitchen. On the first day APOIAR distributed lunches to 278 children at the Macharote school (two days later we saw a very significant increase, with 200 more children at school, and having lunch, than on the first day - a total of 478 children).

Further north, in the province of Tete, today, February 12th, we launched a new school kitchen in the community of Matope. With the partnership of MLT, this is the 10th kitchen implemented and managed daily by the APOIAR team in Tete province. It was in a festive atmosphere that 355 children and their families gathered to open this school kitchen that meets the most basic and daily needs of these children, also contributing to their school attendance.