VIENTIANE ¨C The Government of Switzerland announced its support towards climate-resilient and sustainable approaches to cooking healthy meals for students in 120 schools across Phongsaly and Oudomxay provinces in the north of Laos.
BISHKEK ¨C The Kyrgyz Republic has joined the School Meals Coalition, a global initiative launched by France and Finland in 2021, to offer every child in the world daily access to a school meal by 2030.
BISSAU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Japan have signed a new agreement to provide school meals to 200,000 children in 850 schools for the next two academic years.
BANJUL ¨C Findings from a comprehensive impact evaluation of the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSF) in the Gambia reveals that school meals enhance food security and dietary diversity, while improving mental well-being among Gambian children - especially girls.
KYIV, 14 November 2024 ¨C Ministers and high-level representatives from across Europe gathered in Kyiv this week to attend the European Regional School Meals Summit, hosted by the Government of Ukraine, with the support of First Lady Olena Zelenska, and within the framework of the School Meals Coalition ¨C a global network of over 100 national governments and 130 partners. The two-day summit, attended by over 20 governments representatives across multiple sectors, underscored the region¡¯s dedication to a shared mission: ensuring that every child worldwide has access to nutritious meals by 2030.
KABUL ¨C The Government of France has allocated 3 million euros (USD 3.3 million) from its Food Assistance Program (FAP), to support the Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s school feeding and nutrition programs in Afghanistan - a country where an already crippling hunger crisis hits mothers and children the hardest.
JAKARTA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Deputy Executive Director, Carl Skau, reaffirmed Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s commitment to deepening its long-standing partnership with the Government of Indonesia as he concluded his two-day visit to the country late last week.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes new multi-year funding from the Government of Canada to enable Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) to provide healthy daily meals for up to 100,000 pre-school and primary school students in Haiti.
MATAM ¨C The Government of Senegal and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today launched the distribution of fortified rice in schools to address micronutrient deficiencies, improve children¡¯s health and wellbeing, and promote quality education.
WASHINGTON, DC ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes four awards totaling US $110 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support critical school meals programmes across Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Laos, and Rwanda. The funding will benefit nearly half a million children and their communities in more than 1,600 pre-primary and primary schools across the four countries.
NAIROBI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of 21,000 metric tons of rice from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) of the Republic of Korea (valued at US$ 14.2 million) doubling the contribution from 2023.
CAUAYAN CITY ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Government of France, the Department of Education (DepEd), and the City Government of Cauayan, has launched a home-grown school feeding pilot in the Isabela Province. The initiative aims to support smallholder farmers by boosting their incomes while providing daily, nutritious meals to schoolchildren.
NEW YORK CITY¨CToday, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of US$ 8 million from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints towards Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s home-grown school meals programme in Haiti. The announcement came at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2024 Annual Meeting taking place in New York City, where it was featured as a new CGI Commitment to Action.
ACCRA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a ?500,000 (US$ 628,000) contribution from the UK¡¯s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to support a food fortification programme targeting smallholder farmers, rice millers, and school children in Ghana.
VIENTIANE ¨C In a significant milestone to improve the health and education of children in Lao PDR, the Government of Laos has proudly announced its membership in the School Meals Coalition - a global alliance co-chaired by Finland, France and Brazil, coordinated by the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and dedicated to enhancing child nutrition, education, and well-being through comprehensive school meal programmes.
KYIV ¨C Thanks to generous funding from the government of France and private donors, the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) helped schools serve 5.6 million hot meals for close to 90,000 primary school children in the 2023-2024 academic year in Ukraine.
MANILA ¡ª This World Nutrition Day, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and Globe Telecom, Inc. launched a landmark partnership to support food-insecure families in the Philippines through food e-vouchers and school meals. This collaboration will leverage Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s ShareTheMeal platform, a global initiative that allows individuals to donate meals via a mobile app, and raise funds for Globe¡¯s Hapag Movement. Meaning ¡°table for eating together¡±, the Hapag Movement provides sustainable feeding and livelihood training to food-insecure families.
Kabul ¨C The European Union is allocating an additional EUR 10 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) for school feeding activities in Afghanistan. This will allow Â鶹ÊÓƵ to expand school feeding into three additional provinces with high levels of food insecurity in primary schools.
DAKAR ¨C The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) - with the support of the School Meals Coalition and the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) - have concluded a three-day regional technical conference on Homegrown School Meals in West Africa.
BUJUMBURA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a contribution of US$1.5 million from the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China through the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) to provide nutritious meals for thousands of school children in Burundi.
BEIRUT ¨C I have just concluded a two-day visit to Lebanon where I visited Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) operations and got first-hand insights and accounts of the challenges faced by vulnerable communities amidst the country¡¯s protracted economic crisis and escalating regional tensions.
FREETOWN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a generous contribution of US$1.4 million from the Government of Iceland to provide nutritious meals to 36,000 school children in 167 public schools in Bum, Imperri, Kpanda Kemo, Sittia, Sogbeni and Yawbeko chiefdoms, Bonthe district.
KAMPALA ¨C The Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China has provided funding to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) for the provision of school meals to over 165,000 children in Karamoja region in Northeastern Uganda.
Kinshasa¡ª The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes two generous contributions to its programmes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), totalling around US$10.4 million from the Government of Japan at a time of unprecedented funding shortage.
KABUL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR15 million (US$16.4 million) from Germany, through its Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), raising the total German contribution to more than EUR78 million (US$83.1 million) in 2023. The funding will go towards activities that strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities and Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s school feeding programme that helps keep girls and boys in primary schools.
