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2024: Looking back at 12 years of International School Meals Day
March 14, 2024March 15, 2024
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2024: Looking back at 12 years of International School Meals Day

As International School Meals Day marks its 12th year with the theme ‘Innovation in school meals: new routes to sustainable nutrition’, Simon Massey, Head of Engagement & Learning at Children in Scotland, looks back at the beginnings of ISMD and it’s evolution over more than a decade.  How it started International School Meals Day first...

2024: Inspiring a bean revolution on International School Meals Day
March 14, 2024March 14, 2024
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2024: Inspiring a bean revolution on International School Meals Day

When we think about beans it’s often as that reliable store cupboard staple that offers us a hearty, weeknight meal option. However, an ambitious campaign, aiming to double global consumption of beans by 2028, is bringing the bean to centre stage and inspiring a revolution in schools and communities across the world. Mobilised by the...

2024: Japan provides support for green school in Nuwakot, Nepal
March 14, 2024March 14, 2024
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2024: Japan provides support for green school in Nuwakot, Nepal

Japan has provided grant assistance to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to support the development of a school meal programme in Nuwakot, Nepal. The support has been given to reconstruct earthquake-affected schools in the region, while providing more focus on the learning environment from a nutritional perspective, by providing better school infrastructure and  equipping...

2024: Tackling crises through school meals programs
March 12, 2024March 12, 2024
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2024: Tackling crises through school meals programs

In our latest blog, Arlene Mitchell, Executive Director of the Global Child Nutrition Foundation in Seattle, examines the concept of innovation in the context of of global crises, and whether school meals can be a catalyst for change.  As International School Meals Day (March 14 this year) draws near, I have been pondering its theme...

2024: Digital school meal planner focuses on nutrition and affordability
March 11, 2024March 11, 2024
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2024: Digital school meal planner focuses on nutrition and affordability

A digital school meal planner created by the World Food Programme (WFP), Imperial College London and AUDA – Africa Union is set to optimise school menus to make meals both nutritious and locally sustainable. The School Meal Planner (SMP) Plus uses artificial intelligence (A.I.) to create more affordable, nutritious and local meals, and provides users...

2024: Working in collaboration to deliver fortified milk to Yemeni school children
March 5, 2024March 7, 2024
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2024: Working in collaboration to deliver fortified milk to Yemeni school children

  In our latest guest blog, Tetra Pak discusses the acute malnutrition faced by Yemeni children and how innovation around the use of UHT technology can now support food safety. The challenge – childhood malnutrition and barriers to food distribution In Yemen the strain on food security and nutrition is evident. A report by UNICEF...

2023: ISMD – the day in numbers
March 16, 2023March 16, 2023
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2023: ISMD – the day in numbers

This year was the 11th annual International School Meals Day and had the theme, ‘‘Our changing food – methods, menus and meals’’, encouraged children and young people around the world (with support from their teachers) to connect and talk to each other about the food they eat and the role that it plays in their lives....

2023: Five facts about the benefits of school meal programmes from the Global Child Nutrition Foundation
March 14, 2023March 16, 2023
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2023: Five facts about the benefits of school meal programmes from the Global Child Nutrition Foundation

  Every year on March 9, school feeding leaders, government officials, and community members come together to celebrate International School Meals Day. This year, Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) is celebrating by sharing our top 5 favorite facts about the benefits of school meal programs found around the world. Authored by Tori Spivey from GCNF. 1....

2023: Raising awareness of good nutrition for all children
March 9, 2023March 9, 2023
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2023: Raising awareness of good nutrition for all children

Happy International School Meals Day! By serving nutritious meals in places of education, Mary’s Meals is bringing food, joy and hope to 2,429,182 children living in some of the world’s poorest communities. It’s important that our meals are nutritious, cost effective and simple to prepare. To ensure we can keep our promise to the children...

2023: A lunch can change a life
March 9, 2023March 9, 2023
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2023: A lunch can change a life

The McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program helps support education, child development and food security in low-income, food-deficit countries around the globe. The program provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities, as well as financial and technical assistance, to support school feeding and maternal and child nutrition projects. The key objective of the...