The Government of Egypt invests USD 110 million per year in the National School Feeding Programme, which reaches 12.5 million pupils. Household food security is very fragile. Fluctuating food prices can cause severe shocks since the average Egyptian family spends 40 percent of their income on food. WFP School Feeding activities complement this national programme. School Meals provides an important contribution to a social safety net, as well as a fiscally sustainable investment in human capital. Fortified in-school daily snacks ensure that children have access to adequate and nutritious food whilst attending school so that hunger is not an obstacle to their concentration and educational attainment. Family take-home rations (THR) are distributed on the condition of 80 percent school attendance on a monthly basis. Economic shocks and poverty puts children living in rural areas at risk of engaging in child labour instead of attending school.