This event is jointly hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Egyptian Food Bank (EFB) and Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD)
Date/Time: July 8, 2024 / 11:00 AM – 02:00 PM
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Venue: Fairmont Nile City
Background
Despite the increasing global efforts to address hunger and malnutrition, unhealthy diets are still a key driver of malnutrition worldwide, with 3 billion people unable to afford healthy diets. The need to transform our food systems to ensure sustainable, healthy diets for everyone is more urgent than ever. Achieving meaningful change will require implementing high-impact, evidence-based solutions that are adaptable, dynamic, and equitable to fit specific contexts.
This event was dedicated to the General Feeding Program implemented in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The general feeding program seeks to empower impoverished Egyptians by providing them with monthly food packages to alleviate hunger, eliminate malnutrition, prevent non-communicable diseases, and improve the Egyptians’ quality of life. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Egyptian Food Bank (EFB) and Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) look forward to increasing know-how on the best interventions when combatting malnutrition and hunger in Egypt. to. Experts shared key insights, challenges and recommendations stemming from the GFP impact evaluation. The presentations were preceded by a panel discussion comprised of nutrition experts from different sectors and was followed by a Q&A session.
Background
Agenda
master of Ceremony: Adham Hamdy,
| Dissemination of General Feeding Program RCT Results | ||
| Welcoming Remarks | 11:30 AM- 11:45 AM | Mohsen Sarhan, CEO, Egyptian Food Bank (EFB)
Sikandra Kurdi, Country Program Leader International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Layla Hosni, Executive Director, Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) |
| Panel Discussion
Motivation for the study |
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
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Mohsen Sarhan, CEO, EFB
Ahmed Elsayed, Executive Director of J-PAL MENA Mohammed ElKarmany, Director of Learning & Strategy, SFSD Sahar Zaghloul, Professor Emeritus, NNI Moderator: Hannan ElKhayal, Principle Social Empowerment officer, Sawiris Foundation |
| General Feeding Program RCT Endline Results | 12:45 PM - 01:35 PM
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Overview of GFP (Intervention, Targeting, box and awareness components)
Aliaa Ahmed, Growth Lab’s Head and Senior Manager of Program Strategies (20 minutes) Endline Impact Evaluation Results Lina Abdelfattah, Senior Research Associate, IFPRI (20 minutes) Reflection on RCT Results Mohsen Sarhan, CEO, EFB (5 minutes) Targeting Results Mai Mahmoud, Postdoctoral Fellow, JPAL MENA (10 minutes) |
| Q&A Session | 01:35 PM – 02:00 PM | Moderator, Sikandra Kurdi, Egypt Country Program Leader and Research Fellow, IFPRI |
| Appreciation Award | ||
| Lunch & Networking
02:00 PM |
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