PERU SCHOOL LUNCH TITLE II PROGRAM. PAE (PROGRAMA DE ALIMENTACION ESCOLAR) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. SURVEY AND RECOMMENDATIONS (DECEMBER 1975-DECEMBER 1976)

EVAL INCLUDED VISITS (DATES UNSPECFD) TO SCHOOLS IN CUZCO AND LIMA,AND REPORTS FROM MISSION PROGRAM MONITOR ON 4 OTHER DISTRICTS. IN SPITE OF CUMBERSOME ADMIN STRUCTURE INVOLVG 3 MINISTRIES,THE NATL PROGRAMA DE ALIMENTACION ESCOLAR (PAR) WORKS WELL. ALLOWING FOR REGIONAL VARIATIONS,ITS ADMIN,LOGISTIC,AND REPORTING METHODS ARE GENERALLY ADEQUATE. GOVT OF PERU (GOP) FUNDING CONSTRAINTS SERIOUSLY RESTRICT NECSRY FIELD SUPRVSN BEYOND METROPLTN LIMA,RESULTG IN DILUTED RATIONING AND RESTRICTED FEEDING SCHEDULES. CURRENT ESTMTD FOOD SOURCES APPEAR TO BE 60% PAE/TITLE II,32% LOCAL COMMUNITY,AND 8% GOP CENTRAL FUNDING,WITH NO INCREASE IN SIGHT FROM GOP DUE TO FINANCIAL AND ECON CRISIS. TO INCR LOCAL INPUTS WILL REQUIRE ENLARGING CORPS OF REGIONAL MONITOR-PROMOTERS WHO STIMULATE COMMUNITY (I.E., FATHERS"CLUBS) CONTRIBUTNS. CONTRARY TO AGREEMENT,FOR 3 YRS THERE HAS BEEN NO GOP SCHEDULE TO PHASE IN PERUVIAN RESOURCE FOODS. CENTRAL FUNDS HAVE SUPPLIED LITTLE MORE THAN REGIONAL SUGAR PURCHASES. LOCAL CONTRIBUTION TOTALS ARE UNKNOWN. EVALR RCMNDS INITIATION OF TABULATION OF PRESENT LOCAL FOOD CONTRIBTN LEVELS,CLASSIFICATN OF SCHOOL TYPES,AND ESTAB OF NORMS FOR INCREASG CONTRIBTN LEVELS. THESE PROCDRS WILL REQUIRE TIME AND INCREASED STAFF. A 1-YR TRANSFER AUTHORZTN (TA) OF 6012 METRIC TONS OF SPECFD COMMODITIES IS RCMNDED TO CARRY PROGRAM THRU 1078 SCHOOL YR,PROVIDED THAT ABOVE PROCDRS ARE INITIATED AND CORPS OF REGIONAL MONITOR-PROMOTERS IS INCREASED BY AT LEAST 2 PER REGION FOR PROMOTG AND EVALG LOCAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBTNS. TA RCMNDTN ALSO DEPENDS UPON PAE TAKING STEPS TO HOLD US FOOD INPUTS TO STATED 500,000 BENEFCRIES AND UPON NONFAT DRIED MILK ALLOCATN BEING DESIGNATED FOR METROPOLITAN LIMA. EVALR ALSO RCMNDS REDUCTN OF HOST COUNTRY REQUIREMT FOR PAYING 50% OF OCEAN FREIGHT TO 35% PROVIDED THAT FUNDS SAVED BE ALLOCATED TO PAE FOR STAFF NEEDS. CONTINUATION OF TITLE II BEYOND FY1979/81 WILL DEPEND ON GOP PERFORMANCE,PROGRESSIVE RESULTS, AND DEVEL OF SPECIFIC SCHEDULE BY TYPE AND SOURCE OF GOP FOOD INPUTS,WITH ANNUAL REVIEW. (NOT A PES.)