FFLN constructs School Lunch Preparation Centre

KATHMANDU: Food for Life Nepal (FFLN) has constructed School Lunch Preparation Centre with assistance from the Japanese Embassy. A new building has been built with the support of $87,499 under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) of the Japanese Government. [gallery columns="1" size="full" link="file" ids="28256,28255"] FFLN organised a handover ceremony of the kitchen. On the occasion, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, Kikuta Yutaka, sent a congratulatory message to all those involved in the project. He also appreciated the efforts of all who worked together with the Embassy to complete the project and hoped that the centre would improve the educational environment for the students of public schools in Kathmandu district. [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="28259,28257"] The ceremony was graced by Education Minister Devendra Paudel, Tokha Municipality Mayor Prakash Adhikari, Member of House of representatives of CPN UML Deepak Niraula, Budhanillkantha Municipality Mayor Mittharam Adhikari, Chief Education Head, Budhanilkantha, Lalit Bikram Singh and Chief Education Head, Tokha, Baburam Gautam. HH Mahavishnu Swami Maharaj (GBC Regional Secretary of ISKCON Nepal) and Dr Igor Oblonkov (GBC co- Regional Secretary of ISKCON Nepal) were also present among the Chief Guests to congratulate FFLN Chairperson Brijesh Lacoul and FFLN Vice Chairperson Bisharad Shah. [caption id="attachment_28260" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Education Minister Devendra Paudel, Tokha Municipality Mayor Prakash Adhikari, Lawmaker of CPN (UML) Deepak Niraula among others take stock of kitchen constructed by Food for Life Nepal.[/caption] FFLN is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-religious organisation working for the welfare of children in Nepal. Since its inception in 2015, the organisation has dynamically strived to address the escalating issue of classroom hunger in Nepal and enable access to school education — matters of national priority. [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="28261,28262"] The organisation's journey began with feeding 18 school children in one of the schools in Budhanilkantha Municipality. It was only a matter of time before the humble beginnings of FFLN transformed the lives of marginalised children with good management, innovative technology and smart engineering making its Mid-Day Meal (MDM) programme the country’s largest school lunch programme. Today, FFLN caters to over 7,000 children every school day in Budhanilkantha and Tokha. It is making rapid strides towards the vision that 'No child in Nepal shall be deprived of education because of hunger'. READ ALSO:

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