By Pueblo a Pueblo | Project Manager
After a two-month long vacation, school is back in session in Guatemala! Our School Nutrition project team is in the planning stages of designing new cooking trainings for parents and students, and soon students at our partner schools will begin to receive daily school meals. We are excited to see the impact that our project will make in 2017!
At the beginning of January our Pueblo a Pueblo team reviewed the School Nutrition project’s impact results for 2016. Thanks to the support of our GlobalGiving donors, in 2016 our beneficiary schools harvested a total of 2,333 pounds of produce from the organic school gardens. These fruits and veggies were then used to cook school meals for the students.
Throughout the year, we served 30,301 school meals, benefiting 432 students for the first time. According to Ana Cabrera, the School Nutrition Project Manager, “With these school meals, students received important nutrients, not only for their bodies, but also to stay alert in class. They get a full helping of veggies that they might otherwise not get at home”.
Also with your contributions, 69 mothers and 77 students attended cooking workshops, receiving training on nutrition and food safety. Mothers and students learned how to cook with nutrient dense veggies like spinach, zucchini, and Swiss chard!
Your donations translated into real impact for communities in rural Guatemala last year. Thank you for your support, and we are ready to continue our work in 2017!
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