The authors are thankful to the expert teams in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai for their inputs and assistance in implementing the FMFH modules.
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“Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger” “Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger,” (FMFH) is a global education initiative for schools and youth groups designed to enable and encourage teachers, students and young people to become actively involved in helping create a world free from hunger and malnutrition. Launched on World Food Day 2000, Feeding Minds has been created by a group of ten international partners and non-profit organizations, spearheaded by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the U.S. National Committee for World Food Day. Together, the FMFH partners have created a global classroom and interactive discussion forum on key aspects of hunger, nutrition and food security. In India, the FMFH approach was tested in four different regions of India involving school children from urban slums, rural areas and high income urban families. The FMFH models and materials were incorporated in classroom teaching and other activities by school teachers who underwent participatory training. Significant changes in children’s knowledge and perceptions of hunger, nutrition and food security were observed at the end of the intervention. Some project teams reached out to other members of the community through the school children who were inspired to work with children from disadvantaged communities. The initiative in India demonstrated that FMFH materials can be adapted and made part of larger multi-sector initiatives to address hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. |
