The head of the European Commission’s delegation to Pakistan, Kurt Juul, has distributed food to 200 needy pupils at the Khatoon-e-Fatima School in Islamabad, the EU Commission announced on Thursday.
The school, run by the Sisters of Jesus and Mary in Islamabad, is one of the recipients of EU aid through the umbrella NGO Catholic Relief Services (CRS)Trocaire. CRS/Tocaire has been receiving food aid support for its formal and non formal schools since 1995. A total of 18,000 school children from disadvantaged families are benefiting from the programme in the country. The EU announced that food aid had substantially contributed to student enrolment in the schools.
The European Union, through food donations, supports at least 150 educational, health and welfare organisations throughout Pakistan. This year the European Commission has donated 480 mt of vegetable oil, 274 mt of milk powder and 374 mt of pulses worth over US $1 million. The food aid programme for NGOs in Pakistan is implemented in collaboration with the Pakistani Ministry of Health, the announcement said.
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