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Boys enjoying chocolate-flavoured milk during snack time at their school in the Gaza Strip.

Chocolate flavoured milk was included in the school meals ration before the 2011/2012 school year, in addition to the date bars.

The School Meals activity in the Gaza Strip is a safety net, but the snacks also enhance concentration levels.

Girls enjoying their date bars during class in Gaza City.

School girls in Gaza are always happy to pose in front of the camera.

This girl from Gaza already knows what she wants to be when she grows up: a gymnast.

Classrooms in public basic school in Gaza are often crowded as many schools were destroyed during the December 2008-January 2009 military conflict. 

Because of the School Meals programme in the Gaza Strip, these girls are able to participate more actively in their daily lessons.

Girls chatting away during a break from class in a public basic school in Gaza City.

Girls concentrating on the lesson, while enjoying a light breakfast.

Boys and girls taking a break from class and enjoying locally produced fortified date bars in a public school in Gaza.

During the first hour of class, these girls in Gaza enjoy their locally-produced fortified date bars.