Hidetoshi Nakata visits Banteay Srei Primary School in Siem Reap, Cambodia, where pupils receive free meals thanks to WFP's school feeding programme.13 Dec 2006
Source: WFP
Location: Phnom Penh
WFP has thanked Japanese football star Hidetoshi Nakata for donating soccer balls to Banteay Srei Primary School in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Nakata visited the school last week with WFP, which provides hot meals to 830 students there.
Nakata retired after the World Cup in Germany this year, and since then has been traveling to different countries, including locations with people in need, to see the world in various perspectives.
Breakfast programme
“These soccer balls and WFP’s breakfast programme will make this school even more attractive for children to continue their education. I hope that one day, there will be a Cambodian Nakata who will reach international fame thanks to our school feeding programme,” said Thomas J. Keusters, WFP Country Director for Cambodia.
Cambodia has the second lowest rate of adult literacy in the Asia region. More than half of all students – some 55 percent – do not complete primary school.
Moreover 10 percent of boys and 16 percent of girls aged between 6 and 11 years are unable to attend school at all because they work to support their families, helping with household chores, or caring for sick and elderly family members.
Improving attention span
Food-for-Education is one of WFP Cambodia’s largest activities, improving not only the nutritional status of Cambodian rural children but also their attention span in class.
It also acts as a strong incentive to bring children to school and keep them there. About 600,000 primary school students in more than 1,500 schools benefit directly from WFP’s school meals.
However, a lack of donations has forced WFP to cut the amount of food given to thousands of students since October 2006. WFP Cambodia has warned that unless fresh contributions are made soon, more students will be left hungry.
Contact us
Thomas J. Keusters
Country Director/ Representative
WFP Cambodia
Tel: + 855 23-210 943
Yuko Yasuda
WFP Japan
Tel: +81-3-5766-5364, Cell: +81-90-98449990
Paul Risley
WFP Bangkok
Tel: +66-2-6554115
Cell: +66-1-7019208
paul.risley@wfp.org
Nakata visited the school last week with WFP, which provides hot meals to 830 students there.
Nakata retired after the World Cup in Germany this year, and since then has been traveling to different countries, including locations with people in need, to see the world in various perspectives.
Breakfast programme
“These soccer balls and WFP’s breakfast programme will make this school even more attractive for children to continue their education. I hope that one day, there will be a Cambodian Nakata who will reach international fame thanks to our school feeding programme,” said Thomas J. Keusters, WFP Country Director for Cambodia.
Cambodia has the second lowest rate of adult literacy in the Asia region. More than half of all students – some 55 percent – do not complete primary school.
Moreover 10 percent of boys and 16 percent of girls aged between 6 and 11 years are unable to attend school at all because they work to support their families, helping with household chores, or caring for sick and elderly family members.
Improving attention span
Food-for-Education is one of WFP Cambodia’s largest activities, improving not only the nutritional status of Cambodian rural children but also their attention span in class.
It also acts as a strong incentive to bring children to school and keep them there. About 600,000 primary school students in more than 1,500 schools benefit directly from WFP’s school meals.
However, a lack of donations has forced WFP to cut the amount of food given to thousands of students since October 2006. WFP Cambodia has warned that unless fresh contributions are made soon, more students will be left hungry.
Contact us
Thomas J. Keusters
Country Director/ Representative
WFP Cambodia
Tel: + 855 23-210 943
Yuko Yasuda
WFP Japan
Tel: +81-3-5766-5364, Cell: +81-90-98449990
Paul Risley
WFP Bangkok
Tel: +66-2-6554115
Cell: +66-1-7019208
paul.risley@wfp.org
2 comments:
I never understand why AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave puppet government want to promote importation of rice to Vietname when Cambodian people don't even have anything to eat! Maybe AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave puppet government want to starve Cambodian people into submission!
1:46 AM,You know, Ah Sen is not the Khmer leader. He is the Khmer killer; this's one of his tactics to kill in order to wipe out the population and turn Cambodia to Vietnam and that's what puppet does.
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