Schools urged to embrace Pfumvudza

The government of Zimbabwe over the past years has been providing supplementary food to children in its primary and secondary schools, especially in rural and remote communities so that no child would attend lessons on an empty stomach.

The olive hand also extended to urban primary schools as well as boarding schools that accommodate day scholars.

The government has been supplying the schools with grain and relish, mainly in the form of beans and soya chunks.

This year around, schools have been implored to join and embrace the Pfumvudza scheme so that they also have their own source of grain they will use to supplement government share.

The call was received heartedly by Mashonaland Central Provincial Education Director Dr. Themba Mangwiro who said the initiative is very important.

He called all schools across the province to start preparations for their Pfumvudza plots.

He said, “Having their own grain will save them, they will only look for relish.

Dr Mangwiro said almost all primary schools in the province are rolling out the feeding scheme.

“We are however encouraging all schools to join the programme and to feed their children,” he added.

The school feeding programme is mainly alive in primary schools and a few secondary schools.

“We however encourage all our schools to feed their children including boarding schools that accommodate day scholars.