track record

March 1958

PSFA was established and co-operation with Department of Education was initiated

June 1958

PSFA feeding 23 000 children in 64 primary schools

December 1958

PSFA feeding 43 000 children in 107 primary schools

December 1959

PSFA feeding 54 000 children in 123 primary schools

1958 - 1991

The PSFA was funded wholly by public donations

1992

Government subsidies were received through the Food Aid Fund of the National Nutrition and Social Development Programme

1995

The PSFA began receiving subsidies from the Government's Primary School Nutrition Programme

July 2001

PSFA feeding 64 392 children in 368 primary schools

April 2003

PSFA feeding 86 650 children in 436 primary schools

April 2004

Department of Health hands over the Primary School Nutrition Programme (PSNP) to the Department of Education. PSFA feeding 82 000 children in 430 primary schools

April 2005 to March 2008


Department of Education awards PSFA 510 schools to feed 117 000 children. PSFA feeding 100% of NSNP schools in the Peninsula

April 2008 to March 2010


Department of Education allocates 540 schools and 137 000 children to PSFA, across 10 Education Management and Development Centres (EMDC's)

November 2008


Department of Education increases the numbers fed in the 540 schools to 172 000 children to PSFA, across the EMDC's

January 2009


The Department of Education increases PSFA's allocation to 200,000 children fed in 540 schools.

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