Cape Verde’s Government took full ownership of its free meals programme for schoolchildren today after more than three decades of collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), with the United Nations agency voicing hope that it will set an example for other developing countries to follow. (..)“The leadership and commitment by the Cape Verdean Government to the future of hungry children is exemplary, a success story we can all be proud of and one we’d like to replicate around the world,” said the agency’s Executive Director Josette Sheeran today at a celebration in Rome marking the transition.