As the World Food Programme prepares to hand over the delivery of school feeding wholly to the Government, Simona Beltrami takes a closer look at a mini-food system powered by women. Dawn’s yet to break on the rice fields around Bos Thom village, in Cambodia’s northern Siem Reap province. The silence is broken by faint...
Learning while hungry is nearly impossible. In honor of International School Meals Day, the Child Health Task Force has developed an animated video on the benefits of school feeding programs for children. The newest addition to our microlearning toolkit, this video was developed with support from USAID Africa Bureau’s Health and Education offices and hosted...
The mission of the World Food Programme is to ensure that all school aged children have access to school meals and are healthy and ready to learn. Every day, millions of children around the world go to school on an empty stomach—hunger affects their concentration and ability to learn. There are also millions of children—particularly...
The World Fair Trade Organisation Europe says a ‘Whole School Food Approach’ is needed. Every year, many European organisations and institutions take the International School Meals Day as an occasion to raise awareness on the importance of providing healthy and sustainably produced meals to children. With the cost of living crisis impacting access and affordability of food,...
Investing in school feeding is investing in: – Education – Nutrition and health – Social protection – Local economies – Human capital. Click here to watch the film
SchoolFood4Change strives for a long-lasting impact on the whole food system that will benefit both the people and the planet. SchoolFood4Change (SF4C) aims at engaging schools as catalysts for a food system transformation toward diets that are delicious and healthy for both humans and the planet. The SF4C project includes 43 partners who contribute to the...
We hear from Tetra Pak about how Philippines prioritises locally produced milk in a national school feeding policy to address malnutrition. The Challenge According to the Philippines Expanded National Nutrition Survey, one in four children between the ages of 5-10 were detected underweight. One in four children were found to be stunted (height for age)...
We hear from Tetra Pak about work to deliver a fortified Super Porridge for Kenyan school children. The challenge/background In Kenya, 36% of the population lives in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) region which covers 80% of the country’s land mass. The strain on food security and nutrition for the 15 million peo-ple living...
This year’s 10th anniversary theme, ‘Celebrating School Meals’, encouraged the sharing of ideas, stories and experiences of the past, present and future. This infographic shows how successful the day was! Thank you to everybody who got involved from around the world. Click here to download the infographic as a PDF
The Cedars Primary School in West London is a a Special Needs School, supporting children and their families with Social, Emotional and Mental Health challenges. The school is a Breakfast Club member with Greggs the Bakers, which offers support not just with a nutrient value but also in educating, enriching and educating the pupils. On Thursday 10 March children and staff were delighted to...