Paris, 28 March 2025 — More than 130 participants joined in person and online for an official side event of at the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, titled “Maximizing the Nutrition Impact of School Meal Programmes.”

Co-organized by FAO, WFP, UNICEF, and the UN-Nutrition Secretariat — a...

The first in a three-part webinar series—organized by FAO, WFP, and SchoolFood4Change—kicked off on February 18 with a powerful session focused on the meaningful involvement of schoolchildren and adolescents in school food and nutrition.

The event drew impressive interest, with over...

The Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) has released its latest  report, featuring insights from the 

On November 28, an inspiring  and intimate session brought together FAO-WFP’s nine School Food Advocates and...

On October 17, Junior World Food Day teamed up with the World Food Forum’s School Assembly at FAO, creating a large-scale eve...

FAO and WFP are very excited to announce that nine young students have been chosen as School Food Youth Advocates. The winners of our contest are students between the ages of 10 to 17 and come from Cameroon, Uganda, Ghana, South Korea, the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Eswatini and the United State...

From 7^th to 9^th May 2024, the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) coordination, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) held a consultation workshop on nutrition standards for school meal...

On 18th January, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) led the Expert Panel "School meal nutrition standards as a tool to support the right to food in schools" in the framework of the 16th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFF...

From 6th to 8th December 2023, the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYs) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are holding a consultation workshop on school meal nutrition standards. The wo...

The Global Child Nutrition Foundation opened its 2024 Global Survey of School Meal Programmes, the most comprehensive data collection on national and large-scale school feeding programmes. The resulting data fills a critical knowledge gap by creating and maintaining an up-to-date global database ...

The first School Meals Coalition Global Summit was held in Paris on 18 and 19 October 2023 to take stock of achievements, welcome new members, and discuss collective and country commitments on the way forward.

Read of the SchoolFood4Change Youth Delegation at the 2023 World Food Forum, and of the statement they gave

El proyecto regional de alimentación escolar de la Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO llevó a cabo una misión técnica internacional en la República Dominicana con la participación de 10 países, del 13 al 17 de marzo. Fueron  presentados contenidos teóricos y desarrolladas actividades en ca...

On 8th December, FAO and WFP held an online event on school-based food and nutrition education, attended by more than 250 participants

On Junior World Food Day on 14 October, school cooks, teachers and staff from schools around the world gathered to share their experiences in school kitchens and to talk about the importance of providing nutritious meals to children in schools, and what dishes they prepare.

On 14th October, FAO and WFP held an official side event of the School Meals Coalition Week

On 27th September, FAO and WFP held an online event on sustainable procurement for school food, attended by more than 300 participants.