The newly elected Nkoloma Ward Councilor, Tasila Lungu has launched a feeding program in Misisi Compound that is anticipated to benefit atleast 250 children.
Tasila said she has launched the program in a quest to reducing the poverty levels and promote education among the school going children.
She said school feeding programs is an important component of school-based health programs designed to ameliorate poverty problems.
Tasila who is also President Lungu's daughter added that nutritional and health status are powerful influences on a child’s learning and on how well a child performs in school.
“Children who lack certain nutrients in their diet or who suffer from protein-energy malnutrition, hunger, parasitic infections or other diseases, do not have the same potential for learning as healthy and well-nourished children,” she explained.
Tasila further explained that weak health and poor nutrition among school-age children diminish their cognitive development either through physiological changes or by reducing their ability to participate in learning experiences-or both.
She said the one-year feeding project is expected to feed the 250 children for one year with at least one meal a day and help in the healthy growth of the children and help them be motivated to spend even more time in class.
Tasila has since said when the children are educated its good for the country and not just the parents but for everyone as the nation progresses.
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