educating egypt’s poor
More than 8.8 million children in Egypt have never attended primary school. In an effort to boost attendance at school and to encourage parents and their children not to leave school at an early age, the World Food Programme has been providing children across the country with healthy food. The catch? Children must ensure that their attendance exceeds 80 percent. Reaching out to children in Fayoum Working in eight of Egypt's most vulnerable governorates, WFP provides 216,000 children with daily snacks…