Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger

by Nutrition Programmes Service (ESNP)
Food and Nutrition Division (ESN) FAO
and FMFH partnership
Rome, 2002, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Swahili
http://www.feedingminds.org/

This is a global educational initiative for children to introduce them to the issues of hunger, malnutrition, and food security. Intended for use by teachers, it is designed to enable and encourage children and youth to become actively involved in helping to create a world free from hunger and malnutrition.
Three easy to use teaching modules have been developed for each of three levels of education - primary, intermediate and secondary - all of which cover, in varying degrees of complexity, the topics of what are hunger and malnutrition, who are the hungry, why are people hungry and malnourished and what can we do to help end hunger.
The materials have been designed as a starting point for teachers around the world to introduce these topics to their students. Teachers can adapt and refine the materials to meet local needs and conditions. In addition, a key component of the initiative is information sharing among teachers and students in such a way as to create an interactive forum for exchanging ideas and experiences around the world. The materials and the interactive, on-line framework encourage teachers to contribute additional lessons and activities leading toward creating a world free from hunger.

Related links

Food and nutrition website
http://www.fao.org/es/esn/index_en.stm
Links about nutrition and education
http://www.feedingminds.org/info/info_links.htm

Related articles

Food, Nutrition and Agriculture NO 33
by Jane Sherman consultant at
Nutrition Programmes Service (ESNP)
Food and Food and Nutrition Division (ESN) FAO
Rome, 2003
http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/docrep/006/j0243m/j0243m00.htm


Contact: Valeria Menza
Nutrition Programmes Service (ESNP)
Food and Food and Nutrition Division (ESN) FAO
Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100
Rome, Italy
valeria.menza@fao.org