The three-year programme will benefit approximately 45,000 primary school children, helping to improve the consumption of this nutrient-rich drink at critical growth ages and to boost development of the local dairy industry.
“The school milk programme is an initiative by Tetra Laval and Tetra Pak to play an active part in the development of Myanmar,” said Rusty Kekuewa, Tetra Pak vice president for South and Southeast Asia. “For decades, our Food for Development Office has worked with governments around the world to promote children’s health and education by initiating and supporting school milk programmes.”
The Myanmar school milk programme commences with the new school year that starts this month. It will provide packaged ready-to-drink, long-life UHT milk at school to children in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay for the next three years.
The Ministry of Education has nominated 205 schools to participate in this programme.
“The school milk programme will not only improve nutrition for school children, but it will help create a milk drinking habit throughout our country,” said a government official. “This will provide health benefits for all and benefit the development of the dairy industry in Myanmar.”
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