School meals case study: France
This school meals case study forms part of a collection led by the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition’s "Good Examples" Community of Practice.
This school meals case study forms part of a collection led by the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition’s "Good Examples" Community of Practice.
Since 2013 the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been supporting the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to optimize the national school meals programme (NSMP) by upgrading a school menu from ‘bun and tea’ to hot and diverse meals for primary schoolchildren.
This report sets out how school meals can help build a food system fit for the 21st century. New modeling work presented in this report shows that cultivating healthy and sustainable dietary habits is one of the best investments we can make for tomorrow.
The second edition of the International Barometer of Education Staff, with its 26,000 participants from 11 territories on 4 continents, highlights even more clearly than the first edition the wide diversity of working conditions and experiences of education workers around the world.
It is encouraging to see a focus on student mental health increasingly reflected in international education policies.
Overall, evidence suggests that universal free school meals (UFSM) can be a cost-effective policy that benefits all students, while also promoting health and academic equity.
In line with the National Policy on Food, Nutrition and School Health, WFP supports the Government of Chad to implement a comprehensive school feeding programme.
Developed under the You(th) Care programme, this toolkit is meant to increase young people's understanding of self-care and to equip self-care champions with resources and know-how to be super effective advocates.
School meal programs, which provide students with meals, snacks, or take-home rations and serve as a safety net for vulnerable children worldwide, were severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although disproportionately affected by HIV, adolescent girls and young women, particularly those living with HIV, are often the strongest advocates and leaders in the response.