As they have done every day for the past four years, school children at state elementary school SDN Belendung in Tangerang ate nutritional biscuits Wednesday distributed by the World Food Program (WFP).
According to teachers, there has been an overall improvement in the health of the school's 267 students since the start of the food program back in 2004.
"Thank God, by consuming the WFP's biscuits every day since 2004, the health, intelligence and weight of our students have improved, on average," Yati Nurhayati, a teacher at SDN Belendung, said Wednesday.
Students and teachers were also taught to reuse biscuit containers for a variety of uses, such as for files, for carrying books, and in the creation of handicrafts, she added.
"I just hope the WFP's school program will continue," Yati said.
Students of SDN Belendung, located near Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, are among the 500,000 children across Indonesia who have received nutritional supplements through the WFP's school food program.
"We hope to see more students improve their health through the Indonesia program, organized in cooperation with Pizza Hut Indonesia," said Bradley Busetto, WFP Indonesia deputy country director, during a visit to the school Wednesday.
The WFP's hunger relief program, sponsored by the Indonesian government, the private sector and through individual donations, focuses on improving children's health through integrated health service posts (posyandu) and food programs at schools across the country, he added. --JP/Multa Fidrus
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