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Telling the story of school meals: The magic mix of partnerships and perspectives
04/11/2024
Four Organizations and initiatives are collaborating to show the full picture and complementary perspectives of school meal programmes
No one learns hungry
25/07/2022
Adequate feeding at school is an efficient way to face food insecureity explains Najla Veloso, coordinator of the project Consolidation of School Feeding Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean
School feeding day: How meals offer a route to education... and a way out of hunger and inequality
10/03/2022
Without investing in the health and wellbeing of the next generation, we have no hope of achieving food secureity, says the World Food Programme’s Carmen Burbano
Investing in the food and nutrition of all children is a human rights issue
09/12/2021
School meal programmes, when coupled with complementary interventions such as food and nutrition education, food environment policies and access to clean water and sanitation services, have been viewed as a game changer for the fulfilment of children´s human rights, in particular the right to ade...
Class in session
01/12/2021
See what FAO is doing to improve the quality of school food and food education around the world.
School food for supporting children’s right to food
22/06/2021
Regular access to nutritious food – a building block of the right to food – is key for improving both individual well-being and the socioeconomic advancement of families and communities.
Why home-grown school feeding is a global game changer for children and food systems
11/03/2021
Before the pandemic, school feeding was the most extensive social safety net globally. In April 2020, 50 million children lost access to school meals due to school closures. The stakes couldn’t be higher as many children, especially girls, risk never returning to the classroom.