Working with government:

The Tiger Brands Foundation and

The Department of Basic Education engage for impact

AGENDA

1. Setting the landscape

2. Hunger in South Africa

3. National Schools Nutrition Programme

4. Establishing the TBF

5. Relationship with DBE

6. Why an in-school breakfast feeding programme

7. Monitoring & Evaluation

8. Public Private Partnership

9. Research

10. NSNP Awards

11. Lessons Learnt

1. Setting the landscape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msHd9ISd

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2. Hunger in South Africa

3. National Schools Nutrition Programme

National Schools Nutrition Programme

• In 2012/13, the National

School Nutrition Programme

fed about 9 million children

daily in quintile 1-3 schools

daily

• Feeds children 201 days per

year

“to improve the lives of

learners attending non-fee

paying schools and their surrounding

communities by creating sustainable,

scalable and replicable programmes

focussed on nutrition and education

enhancement”

In 2010 The Tiger Brands Foundation was

established with Tiger Brands Limited allocating

5% of its dividends to the Foundation. The

Foundation is now one of the main channels

through which we invest in our communities.

TBF Office opened 05th May 2011.

Annual budget of R 14 million.

5. Relationship with The National Department of Basic Education

An in-school breakfast feeding programme to compliment

the NSNP Programme

Tiger Brands Foundation 1. Provide the donated food for

the in-school breakfast feeding programme.

2. Provide the Monitoring platform & mobile phones per beneficiary school

3. Support the NSNP Awards

4. Operational and Financial Management of the programme

5. School receive funds and donated goods that compliment the in-school breakfast feeding programme

Department of Basic Education

1. Assist in identifying cluster of schools to benefit from the in-school breakfast feeding programme

2. Provide technical assistance

3. Advise on matter of research and dissemination of information

4. Assist TBF when faced with challenges around the in-school breakfast feeding programme

• “You can’t teach a hungry child”

• The SA government feeding programme feeds after 11h00

• Most NGO interventions feed in isolation & out of school

• 1st “in-school breakfast feeding” programme

• Public Private Partnership

• Whole school receives breakfast

6. Why an in-school breakfast feeding programme ?

Province Urban Rural Area Schools Learners

Gauteng X

Alex Township 13

16 926

Vosloorus 1 1 175

Western Cape

X Ashton 6 3 677

x Vlaakteplaas 1 106

Limpopo X Modimolle 5 6 054

Mpumalanga X Kabokweni 3 2 665

Kwa Zulu Natal X Bergville 4 2 599

Eastern Cape X Lady Frere 28 5 700

North West X Brits 1 568

Total 62 39 472

17 295 994

In-school breakfasts served

July 2011 – May 2014

• Container Kitchens (Alex)

• 3 in 2011 and 6 in 2012

Enterprise Development

7. Monitoring & Evaluation

Mobenzi

• Up to the minute real-time reporting

• Builds a profile on each project site (school)

• Manages school monitors

• Empowers the SMT to self manage

• Detailed reports on food delivery, food preparation, in-school breakfast & NSNP, hygiene, performance & influencing factors

Food Handlers

• Stipends

• Protective clothing

• Health & safety

• Portion sizes

• Food preparation

• Food storage

• Food hygiene

• General hygiene

• Receive the Tiger Brands Foundation food

• Serve breakfast before school 07h30 – 08h00

• Manage the Food Handlers

• Keep cooking facilities clean and hygienic

• Responsible for the donated utensils

• Cooperate with the School Monitors

• Attend project meetings

• Attend training programmes / workshops

• In-school breakfast feeding a standing agenda

item for SGB / SMT

Beneficiary Schools responsibilities:

Positive impacts on:

• Behaviour

• School attendance (Time & absenteeism

• Nutrition

• Contributes to whole school development

• Enterprise Development

• Skills development

• Infrastructure

• Shaping the future of school feeding

• Developing a replicable PPP model

Weekly Report Monthly Meetings

Quarterly Reports / Reviews Annual Reviews

Public Private Partnership

8. Public Private Partnership

Weekly Report Quarterly

Review Annual Review

9. Research The focus was on:

1. Nutritional status

2. Learner performance

3. School attendance

The study covered:

1. Anthropometric measurements (weight & height) to measure nutritional status (compared before and after measurements).

2. Collection of school records to measure the average grades and attendance figures (compared before and after grades and attendance).

3. Interviews and focus groups to check against other findings and to determine the secondary impacts.

A second study is being prepared in rural Eastern Cape Lady Frere district in 2014

Learners

“My friends used to call me skeleton,

now I can play and I’m strong because I eat my breakfast every day”

“We can listen in class now because I'm not worried about when lunch will be served.”

Educators • “The learners are now more

attentive in class”

• “The breakfast has reduced late coming and absenteeism “

• “We can see a difference in the children's health and performance”

• “The kitchen has not only empowered the school but is an investment into the whole community”

Aggregate results for all schools Overweight & Wasting

Green highlights demonstrate improvements in nutritional status

Overweight/wasting results (BMI-for-age)

Cut-off Classification

Baseline Final

Total percentage point change over evaluation period

n=857 n=857

n % n %

>2SD Severely overweight 92 10.7 55 6.4 -40.1%

>1SD Overweight 145 16.9 118 13.8 -18.3%

Within BMI guidelines for age 574 67 660 77 +14.9%

<-2SD Underweight (wasted) 24 2.8 18 2.1 -25.0%

<-3SD Severely underweight (Severely wasted) 22 2.6 6 0.7 -73.1%

Aggregate results for all schools - Stunting

Stunting (height-for-age)

Cut-off Classification

Baseline Final

Total percentage

point change over

evaluation period

n=857 n=857

n % n %

<-3SD Severely stunted 64 7.5 24 2.8 -62.7%

<-2SD Stunted 94 11 97 11.3 2.7%

Normal growth (not stunted) 699 81.6 736 85.9 5.3%

Green highlights demonstrate improvements in nutritional status

School performance

In this first year, there was no noticeable impact on school performance

However, there was significant improvement in school attendance, participation and attention span

10. National School Nutrition Awards

Recognize achievements and

excellence in the implementation of

the NSNP programme

Encourage and recognize creativity

and innovation in implementing the

Nutrition Programme

Raise the profile of the NSNP

programme

In December 2012, Tiger Brands,

The DBE and The TBF embarked on a

drive to alleviate food insecurity and to

sustain the children during the long

school holidays by distributing food

parcels to the learners and their

families. Over 29 940 food parcels have

been distributed by Tiger Brands

through the Food Parcel Project.

11. Holiday Feeding

12. Lessons Learnt

1. Don’t take anything for granted

2. All the Policies, Standard Operating Procedures, Manuals and Training is futile without relationships .

3. “Stick to your knitting”

What needs to be driven by both school and

donor community to stimulate

in -school feeding programmes

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Thank You

Kelvin Glen

THE TIGER BRANDS FOUNDATION

T: 011 840 4794 | M: 082 229 6349

E: kelvin.glen@tigerbrands.com

W: www.thetigerbrandsfoundation.com