Nursery World - Back to school (3)

Unicef's 'School in a box' and feeding programmes are focused on Iraq's primary school children. The scheme has already been put to the test in Afghanistan. It is a simple kit providing the basic supplies for one primary school teacher and 80 pupils all packed into a strong aluminium suitcase that can survive the harshest of conditions. They cost around Pounds 100 each and Unicef is undertaking to make up and distribute 42,000 in Iraq in September ready for the start of the new school year.

They cost around 100 each and Unicef is undertaking to make up and distribute 42,000 in Iraq in September ready for the start of the new school year.

The basic contents are: pens, scissors, crayons, chalk, sticky tape, exercise books, eraser and slates with white pencils. The packs for Iraq also include specially designed mine-awareness posters so the teachers can educate their pupils about unexploded ammunition.

Feed The Children is working with the World Food Programme and has been asked by the UN to set up a programme to feed 3.5 million primary school children.

Feed the Children's Ian Lethbridge says, 'Schools go back in mid-September.

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