Scaling Up Homegrown School Feeding ¿ Tsogolo la Thanzi (TSOLATA) II

About this project

The Action will support the expansion of school meals in primary schools and Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in 7 districts of Malawi, while improving market opportunities for smallholder producers, as preferred suppliers to the schools. The Action will follow the Homegrown School Meal approach, which is the Government¿s preferred modality for delivering school meals.The Action will work with District Councils to ensure that school learners receive diversified school meals throughout the school terms. This will ensure regular access to healthy food for pupils, contributing to a better nutrition and better school performance. It will also increase school attendance, hence contribution to primary school completion rate, especially for girls who are most at risk of dropping out. As the nutritious food composition will be purchased from local farmer groups around the selected schools, the Action will boost agricultural commercialisation and increase income generating opportunities for smallholders, mostly parents of the pupils receiving school meals, triggering a virtuous cycle of community socio-economic empowerment. Through a crisis modifier, it will provide safety nets for households in times of crisis (should schools be closed again due to a pandemic or should farmers require support to face a challenging planting season). This Action will expand the existing investment under the Tsogolo la Thanzi (TSOLATA) ¿ ¿Healthy Future¿ intervention, implemented in 4 district…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 3Good Health and Well-being
• 4Quality Education
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Malawi

Sectors

Primary educationAgricultural servicesEarly childhood educationAgricultural co-operatives

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesDisaster risk reduction · Also contributesNutrition · Also contributes

Places

MW - Malawi

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2023-ACT-61753.

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