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    Dulce - A student in Guatemala 
    School-feeding programme supported by FAO improve nutrition of children in Guatemala 
    Duration 9m38s 
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    Date 10/08/2018 9:31 AM 
    File size 711.47 MB 
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    Tejutla municipality, San Marcos department, Guatemala - July 11, 2018 


    1. Wide view of mountains


    2. Exterior of Dulce’s home


    3. Dulce María Díaz Pérez putting on school uniform 


    4. Dulce picking up backpack


    5. Dulce combing her hair


    6. Bicycles hanging at Dulce’s home


    7. Dulce having breakfast with her brother, grandfather and aunt


    8. Dulce’s brother having breakfast


    9. Dulce drinking juice at breakfast with aunt behind


    10. Dulce’s grandfather drinking coffee


    11. Dulce with her grandfather and brother at breakfast


    12. Dulce’s aunt handing over firewood to Dulce and her brother to take to school


    13. Dulce and her brother walking to school


    14. Close up of the firewood


    15. Dulce and her brother arriving at school


    16. Dulce and her brother put firewood in the school kitchen


    17. Dulce’s class getting ready


    18. Dulce reading an exercise in front of the class


    19. Dulce reading an exercise in front of the class


    20. Fellow students listening to Dulce read


    21. Close up of paper Dulce is reading


    22. Dulce’s face as reads at her desk


    23. Students gather at school garden


    24. Dulce harvesting vegetables from school garden with other students


    25. Boy students picking radishes in school garden


    26. Students collecting vegetables from school garden


    27. Close up of vegetables being prepared to be taken away from garden


    28. Students leave school garden with vegetables they have picked


    29. Mothers preparing food in school kitchen


    30. Mothers washing fruit and vegetables for the school meal


    31. Mother patting tortillas to cook on stove


    32. Mothers preparing tortillas on stove


    33. Close up of tortillas


    34. Women bringing prepared food to student serving area


    35. Mothers giving milk to the students 


    36. Students eating their lunch


    37. Dulce’s hands getting ready to eat


    38. Dulce eating with her classmates


    39. Dulce eating with her classmates


    40. Other students receive their meals


    41. Students eating their school meal


    42. Students talking and eating


    43. Students eating school meal


    44. Dulce performing an exercise in front of her class


    45. Dulce performing an exercise in front of her class


    46. Dulce’s home in the afternoon


    47. Dulce washing dishes at home


    48. Dulce’s hands washing dishes


    49. Dulce washing dishes


    50. Dulce washing dishes


    51. Dulce doing her homework


    52. Dulce doing homework while her cousin watches


    53. Dulce and her brother doing homework with cousin watching


    54. Dulce and brother doing homework


    55. Dulce and her brother doing homework with cousin watching





    Chiquimula municipality, Chiquimula province, Guatemala - July 15, 2018


    56. Young girl playing outside her home (not in school)


    57. Primary school students have school lunch


    58. Girl eating her lunch


    59. Boys eating lunch at school


    60. Children having school lunch





    Tejutla municipality, San Marcos department, Guatemala - July 12, 2018





    61. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “My dad is a truck driver, and my mom passed away 5 years ago, when I was 7 years old. That is why I live with my grandparents and with my aunts and uncles.”





    62. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “I go to school in the El Horizonte Village in Tejutla, San Marcos, and I am in 6th grade, in elementary school.”





    63. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “My favorite class would be Language, Arts and Communications because they teach us different types of literature, about grammar and other things that will help me to not get confused in my own writing.”





    64. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “Our school has a school garden. My classmates and I, together with our teachers, take care of the garden.”





    65. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “We harvest the crops whenever they are ready and then, we eat what we harvested.”





    66. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “School gardens can also help teach us different values, like teamwork, collaboration, and many other values.”





    67. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “Mothers in the school prepare the school meals. They arrive to the school at the same time as us. First, they start a fire and prepare different dishes as part of our menu.”





    68. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “I like the school meal because it is delicious and nutritious and it doesn’t have chemicals. What I like the most are the tamales.”





    69. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “Before when they were only giving us a snack and coffee and bread and that kind of thing, I did feel somewhat weak. If I ran, I got tired very quickly and I was always very sleepy.”





    70. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “Ever since the school meals changed, it is much better, because before this [school-feeding] project started we had to queue for a long time [to get our food] and there were few ladies preparing the meals. And the meals, or snacks, were not that nutritious and were repetitive. But now they are more varied, nutritious, and delicious.”





    71. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “Now I feel a bit more active, a bit happier and healthier, and better.”





    72. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “When I return home, I spend time with my family and help out with household chores.”





    73. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “My favorite activity is to read. I like to read because it increases my learning and it makes me a more agile reader.”





    74. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “When I grow up, I would like to be a doctor. I like medicine and I like to help other people.”





    75. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “It is a pity that not everyone can have nutritious meals at school.”





    76 . SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dulce María Díaz Pérez: “To me, knowing that other children can have the same opportunities that we have would be something very beautiful.”


    Ends 
    Script STORYLINE

    Dulce María Díaz Pérez is 12 years old and loves to read. She also likes to garden. Dulce, a sixth-grade student in Tejutla, San Marcos, in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, is learning about sustainable farming, nutrition and more, through the backyard garden at her school.

    “Our school has a school garden. My classmates and I, together with our teachers, take care of the garden. We harvest the crops whenever they are ready and then, we eat what we harvested”, explains Dulce that adds “I like the school meal because it is delicious and nutritious”.

    Dulce’s school garden is part of a nationwide nutrition-sensitive school feeding initiative which links schools, local family farmers and parents associations to provide nutritious and varied meals to school children across the country. It follows the Sustainable Healthy Schools model from the Brazil-FAO  International and South-South Cooperation Programme in the region and was first introduced in Guatemala in 2014. 

    “Before this project started we had to queue for a long time” says Dulce, “and the meals, or snacks, were not that nutritious and were repetitive. But now they are more varied, nutritious, and delicious.”

    These initiatives have been enhanced by Guatemala’s first-ever school-feeding law, which came into effect in 2018 following efforts made by the Guatemalan Chapter of the Parliamentary Front against Hunger and FAO. This achievement was the result of significant inter-sectorial and institutional coordination, consensus-building with key sectors, and evidence-based advocacy.

    Dulce comes from a family of small-scale farmers, who also work as truck drivers and mechanics to boost their incomes. Her grandfather produces the maize for tortillas used to prepare her favourite school meal back at home, tamales with vegetables.

    After the start of the school-feeding initiative, Dulce has noticed an improvement in her life: “now I feel a bit more active, a bit happier and healthier, and better.”

    Despite their link with the land, in fact, many farming families suffer from malnutrition and other health problems due to a lack of nutrition and access to adequate income and healthcare. Like many women, Dulce’s mother died due to childbirth complications, following delivery of Dulce’s baby brother. 

    The school-feeding initiative aims to promote healthy and culturally-sensitive menus and public purchases of produce from local family farmers. It encourages parent and community involvement, improved dining and kitchen infrastructure and cooperation across various public and private sectors.

    “School gardens can also help teach us different values, like teamwork, collaboration, and many other values”, Dulce says.

    The school garden has helped Dulce and her classmates to develop a greater respect for food by showing them what it takes to grow and harvest even one vegetable.

    By investing in the whole community, FAO is empowering families, down to the youngest, to take action and be a part of the global Zero Hunger effort.

    Ends 

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