Kyrgyzstan: School meals feed one girl's dream of being a doctor
Aida is among 850 pupils who receive meals at her school near Bishkek. Photo: WFP/Aichurek Zhunusova Aida is 10 years old and lives with her family in the town of Kant. She lives 25 km from Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan — a country of 6.5 million people where the World Food Programme (WFP) assists more than 120,000 people. Aida is a top student in her class at Zubkov Primary School. She excels in subjects like mathematics and biology. This motivates her to set ambitious professional goals for her future. In a sign of growing up in COVID-19 times, she says: “I would like ...
Source: wfp.org