Administration scraps health and education programs

Tom McCarthy
Monday 1 May 2017 16.20 EDT

... “Moving forward, we will not continue to use the ‘Let Girls Learn’ brand or maintain a standalone program,” an email from the acting director of the agency, Sheila Crowley, was quoted as saying.

Let Girls Learn was administered by the Peace Corps in 44 countries. Last October, to mark the International Day of the Girl, the program announced more than $5m in new private sector commitments “to help address the barriers that prevent adolescent girls from attaining an education” ...

Separately, Trump’s secretary of agriculture, Sonny Perdue, announced the agency was scrapping certain health standards for school lunches that were part of the former first lady’s healthy eating initiative.

The standards pertained to sodium levels, whole grain content in foods and milkfat content. Perdue said the program was not effective because kids would not eat the healthier food ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/01/michelle-obama-school-lunch-let-girls-learn-scrapped-trump