School-feeding program launched<\/p>\n
The government launched on Tuesday the Indonesian School
\nFeeding Conference in a bid to improve the education and
\nnutrition of students attending state and Islamic-run elementary
\nschools.<\/p>\n
Supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the
\nprogram includes the distribution of free milk, wheat biscuits,
\nnoodle snacks and soy milk to about 900,000 students in five
\nprovinces in Java, West Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lampung, Bali, Lombok
\nand South Sulawesi.<\/p>\n
As part of the feeding program, the School Milk program was
\ninitiated in 1999 and carried out by Bina Putra Sejahtera
\nFoundation, dairy company Ultrajaya and packaging company Tetra
\nPak as a model for the U.S.'s Global Food for Education program.<\/p>\n
\"The program has been running well, so the USDA decided to
\ncontinue the program for another two years,\" the foundation's
\nchairwoman, Roosminnie Emil Salim, told a media conference.<\/p>\n
In a ceremony presided over by Coordinating Minister of
\nPeoples' Welfare Jusuf Kalla, six elementary students were
\nawarded for winning a school milk poster competition. The trophy
\nwent to fourth-grade student Ondy Surya Piramida. -- JP<\/p>",
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