FREETOWN, Sierra Leone ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of SLE 158.4 million (approximately USD 6.6 million) from the Government of Sierra Leone, provided through the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), in support of the country¡¯s National School Feeding Programme.
Based on data from 528 schools, 6,712 students, and 4,449 families, the assessment establishes a baseline that reveals significant challenges in children's school food environment, including low dietary diversity, unhealthy food choices, and limited opportunities for physical activity.
DHAKA, Bangladesh ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Bangladesh has welcomed a USD 5 million contribution from the Republic of Korea. The contribution comes as humanitarian resources are increasingly stretched and it will help sustain life-saving food assistance, nutrition services and school feeding for more than 462,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh over a 12-month period.
MOGADISHU, Somalia ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a USD 2 million contribution from the Republic of Korea¡¯s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support 47,500 children in Somalia through home-grown school meals and treatment for moderate acute malnutrition.
KAMPALA, Uganda ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Uganda has welcomed a contribution of EUR 4.5 million from the Government of Ireland to support more than 221,000 school children and 108,000 smallholder farmers in drought-hit Karamoja and to help 19,200 refugees and host communities transition to self-reliance. The contribution will also help strengthen social protection systems that deliver regular cash payments to 5,100 mothers, young children and older people in Karamoja.
KHARTOUM, Sudan - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a USD 5 million contribution from the Republic of Korea to provide emergency food assistance to 365,000 people and nutritious school meals to 23,000 children as Sudan faces one of the world¡¯s largest hunger crises.
N¡¯DJAMENA, Chad ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Japan today signed an agreement for a JPY 200 million contribution, equivalent to USD 1.3 million or XAF 706,000,000 to provide school meals and malnutrition prevention services to communities in food-insecure and crisis-affected areas of Chad.
YAOUND?, 29 July 2026 ¨C The Government of Cameroon, through the Ministry of Basic Education (MINEDUB), and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) signed a EUR 3.6 million contribution agreement under the Cameroon Basic Education Support Project (CAMBESP) to expand home-grown school feeding in the Adamawa, East and Far North regions.
MOGADISHU, Somalia ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of USD 1.2 million from the Government of Japan to provide daily nutritious school meals to more than 14,000 children in Somalia¡¯s Southwest and Jubaland states through February 2027.
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau ¡ª Children and vulnerable families in Guinea-Bissau are being pushed further into hunger and malnutrition as funding shortfalls force cuts to critical programmes during the June to August lean season, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today.
? Emergency food and nutrition: Â鶹ÊÓƵ will deliver life saving food assistance including fortified and ready-to-use foods to prevent malnutrition amongst the most vulnerable
? School meals expansion: Funding enables Â鶹ÊÓƵ to extend its school meals programme by 100,000 children, primarily in areas of the capital affected by conflict
? Hurricane preparedness: 3,300 metric tonnes of food commodities prepositioned as emergency reserves for 2026 hurricane season
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C Through the generous support of the United States Government, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) will deliver emergency food assistance to at least 390,000 people over the next 18 months.
THIMPHU, Bhutan: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have signed a US$9.5 million agreement to improve access to nutritious school meals for more than 100,000 children in Bhutan, while strengthening local food production and rural livelihoods.
DAKAR ¨C The Embassy of Japan in Dakar and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today have signed a new food assistance agreement worth JPY 200 million (approximately US$1.32 million) to support food and nutrition assistance in Guinea-Bissau.
BEIRUT, Lebanon ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the continued support of the Government of the Republic of Korea to vulnerable communities in Lebanon through school meals and in-kind food assistance.
KARACHI, Pakistan (February 17, 2026) ¡ªThe Government of Sindh and the United States Department of Agriculture¡¯s McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program today launched the Sindh School Meals Program, which leverages U.S.-provided commodities to deliver daily cooked meals and take-home rations to more than 200,000 students across nearly 1,300 primary schools in Sindh.
MANILA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and veteran Filipino actor Joel Torre¡¯s restaurant chain JT¡¯s Manukan Grille officially launched ¡°JT¡¯s Meals for the Kids,¡± a partnership that seeks to support schoolchildren and food-insecure families in the Philippines.
Panama/Santiago de Chile ¨C A new report by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reveals the transformative potential of public food procurement from smallholder farmers to strengthen food security and nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean.
DILI, Timor¨CLeste - The Government of Japan and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today signed an agreement to strengthen Timor-Leste¡¯s national school feeding programme in 2026.
N¡¯DJAMENA, Chad ¨C The Government of Japan has contributed JPY 200 million (US$1.3 million) to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to support emergency school meals in Chad. This contribution will allow Â鶹ÊÓƵ to assist 44,000 schoolchildren over a 24-month period, ensuring continuity of the school feeding programme in crisis-affected areas and helping protect children¡¯s education and well-being.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of USD 8.3 million from the Government of Norway to support the food needs of crisis-affected families and primary school children in Malawi. The contribution comes at a crucial moment as the country enters the peak of the lean season - the period between planting and harvesting when food availability is at its lowest and hunger peaks.
GULU, Uganda ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has today welcomed a contribution of over 2,500 metric tons of rice, valued at USD 2.9 million, from the Republic of Korea during a handover ceremony at Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s logistics hub in Gulu, Northern Uganda. This contribution will support the food needs of 600,000 refugees in thirteen settlements and 200,000 school children in the food insecure Karamoja region for one year.
COLOMBO, Sri-Lanka¨C United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of US $2.7 million from global fashion brand, Michael Kors to bolster Sri Lanka¡¯s National School Meals Programme. The support, through the brand¡¯s long-running ¡®Watch Hunger Stop campaign¡¯ will contribute to Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) initiative.
BISHKEK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Kyrgyzstan Republic Ministry of Education and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has launched a three-year project worth US$10 million to boost the health and nutrition of school-aged children.
PORT SUDAN, Sudan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of JPY 400 million (approximately US$2.7 million) from the Government of Japan. This vital funding will enable Â鶹ÊÓƵ to provide school meals in Sudan, which help to increase school attendance and boost learning outcomes.
