Since 2006, the government of the Kyrgyz Republic has implemented a national School Meals Programme for over 440,000 primary school children. In January 2013, the World Food Programme and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic launched a pilot intervention to improve the quality, efficiency, and sustainability of the national School Meals Programme. While programmes in lower-middle-income or low-income contexts tend to be—at least partially—dependent on external funding, this effort has demonstrated at way to provide high quality, nutritious meals within the limits of the available national state resources, in hygienic conditions, and with strong community participation.