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A 62-cent school meal lifts Ghana attendance from 55% to 82%

In Ghana, CARE-supported school meals costing 62 cents a day helped push attendance from 55% to 82%, keeping children in classrooms where reading skills are built. In Malawi, community work against child labor raised regular attendance from 5% to 89%.

The upbeat factorThe shortest route to literacy might be a hot lunch.
✓ Verified · CARE · 2026-09-08 · Ghana
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