2014 – Swarnapali Balika National School, Sri Lanka Healthy eating: Too often these days people eat a diet high in fast foods which contain unnatural additives and do not have good nutritious values. I suggested we make our own home garden in the school to cultivate fresh vegetable and fruits. What we did / what we are...
2014 – Ryan International School, India – Day 5 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MEALS DAY DAY 5 CELEBRATIONS Today the students of Class I made beautiful collages depicting healthy food and its importance for the body. They came up with the different ideas and also gave small speeches about the work done by them in class. Class II prepared...
2014 – Ryan International School, India INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MEALS DAY Background After going through the British Council website and email regarding International School Meals Day we decided to conduct some activities classwise related to the topic. What we did / what we are doing The activities we organised are running between the 1-4 March 2014 and...
2014 – Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London, UK FIGHTING MALNUTRITION THE GHANA SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME WAY Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) was launched in 2005 to encourage children to go to school, reduce poverty and improve access to food. From a pilot of just 10 schools this extremely popular government programme has expanded to feed over...
2014 – Nower Hill High School, Pinner, UK HEALTHY EATING LEAFLETS Background As a school, we are interested in this project as we would like to promote healthy lifestyles. What we did / what we are doing As mentioned in my previous post, a series of lessons on favourite foods and healthy eating habits was taught to...
2014 – Nower Hill High School, Pinner, UK HEALTHY EATING PROJECT AND LUNCH CLUB FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MEALS DAY Background As a school, we interested in this project as we would like to promote healthy lifestyles. What we did / what we are doing A series of lessons on favourite foods and healthy eating habits was taught...
2014 – National Education Development Fund, Brazil National School Feeding Program Background: The “PNAE – The National School Feeding Program” is the oldest federal governmental social program on feeding and nutrition in Brazil. It emerged more than 50 years ago and developed over the years until it became a state policy law (11.947) in 2009. It contributes...
2014 – M.M. Public School, Vasudha Enclave, Pitampura, Delhi, India GOOD FOOD ENDS WITH GOOD TALK Background It is the need of the hour to create awareness among the pupils of classes 1-5 about their diet and the nutritional value of the food they eat. Although nowadays kids are inclined more towards tempting fast food like pizza’s,...
2014 – Just Trading Scotland (JTS) 90KG RICE CHALLENGE Background JTS has challenged schools, as well as churches, colleges and other organisations, to sell 90kg of rice – the amount of rice sold that would enable a Malawian farmer pay for a year’s basic secondary education for one child. Pupils have an achievable goal: selling 90kg of...
2014 – JUNAEB (Chilean school meals program), Chile BETTER FOOD IN CHILEAN SCHOOLS Background JUNAEB manages the School Meals Program (SMP), which for more than 40 years has provided meal services – mostly breakfast and lunch – to students from low-income families. As of today, JUNAEB provides meal services to almost 2 million students across the country, accounting for...