To give you a first-hand impression of the World Food Programme’s School Feeding initiative and its beneficial effect for the children of internally displaced families in Colombia, this podcast is very helpful: SchoolFeedingColombia.mp3.
What becomes clear is that fighting hunger and enhancing the children´s education go hand in hand - to the long-term benefit of not only the children but of the whole country.
If you would like to learn more about the political situation in Colombia and the fate of internally displaced people (IDPs), please have a look at the documents of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as well as the Brookings Institution and the International Crisis Group.
