JAM’s Nutritional Feeding Objectives

• Reduce the strain on the family unit, particularly the strain that is placed on the woman to provide for their families

• Alleviate short-term hunger

• Address micronutrient deficiencies

• Increase enrollment in school and reduce absenteeism

• Improve learning ability and scholastic results

• Through education, assist in the upliftment of young girls to achieve equality in society

Current Nutritional Feeding Activities

Mozambique
More than 200,000 children are being fed through our nutritional feeding programmes, where 95% is through school based feeding and the remaining 5% through health and social welfare programmes. Our operations are based in the Gaza, Inhambane, Manica and Sofa provinces.

South Africa
JAM has an immediate goal to feed 350,000 children in South Africa alone, through school feeding.

One of the most exciting projects initiated recently is in Orange Farm, the largest informal settlement in South Africa, situated near Soweto. JAM is working closely with the South African Government, and various officials to assist with the development, improvement and expansion of current school feeding activities. JAM currently feeds 10,000 children in the Orange Farm region in Primary and Intermediate schools.

In the Eastern Cape, one of South Africa’s poorest provinces, JAM is working with local and provincial government on redesigning the current school feeding model, to ensure that the maximum number of children receive the highest quality food, utilising the available school feeding budget. JAM is planning to start school feeding programme implementation in 2006.
 

Angola
In Angola, JAM’s nutritional feeding programmes are reaching more than 120,000 children, 85% through school based feeding and the remaining 15% through social welfare programmes in the Benguela province. Social Welfare programmes include the provision of food to HIV/AIDS orphans, child headed households and people living with HIV/AIDS.

"UNICEF reported that, almost half of Angola’s children are out of school, 45% suffer chronic malnutrition and a quarter of children die before their fifth birthday."

Sudan
Sudan is one of the most difficult countries to work in and still has a lot of fundamental work to be done. It is one of our newest recipients to school feeding. In many areas schools need to be constructed and teachers re-trained before school-feeding activities can be initiated. Other challenges faced in Sudan are culturally related, where some tribes still see no value in sending children to school. JAM currently assists more than 1,600 children through school feeding activities in Pibor County, and more work is being developed in Boma. This assistance is more than just food distribution; it includes water, sanitation and medical assistance. We plan to increase to 15,000 beneficiaries.