Open Call: Sustainable School Health & Nutrition through HGSF in Kyrgyzstan

The World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), is implementing a program to enhance nutritious school meals and promote sustainable school feeding solutions in the Kyrgyz Republic. The initiative combines improvements in nutrition, health, and hygiene with capacity-building at both school and national levels. The program covers 40 schools across Naryn, Chui, Osh, Jalal-Abad, and Batken provinces, including Bishkek and Osh cities. Key objectives include improving school meals and nutritional quality, strengthening policy and institutional capacity for the National School Meals Programme, integrating WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) interventions including gender-segregated toilets and septic systems, promoting social and behavioral change through hygiene and health education programs including Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management (MHM), and fostering sustainability through institutionalizing WASH systems and school feeding practices. School-level interventions include design and construction supervision of gender-segregated toilets with septic tanks, health and hygiene education programs, and formation of School WASH Committees for governance and maintenance. The program also includes capacity-building through invitational training programs in the Republic of Korea for school and government staff, and strengthening institutional capacity at national and subnational levels.