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Who We Are

The Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) provides governments and their partners the knowledge, tools, and connections so all children can access high-quality school meal programs that contribute to national educational, agricultural, economic, social protection, health, and nutrition goals.

How We Work

We work together with a global network to ensure that hunger is not a barrier for learning for any child.

Why School Meals

At least 407.8 million childern worldwide receive food through their schools.

  • For many childern in vulnerable situations, a school meal is the only nutritious meal they will receive throughout the day.
  • School meals are powerful tools for ensuring children attend school and are able to learn.
  • School meal programs have potential to be key drivers of global food system transformation, fostering demand for nutritious foods, supporting livelihoods, and promoting the sustainability of food systems worldwide.

HOW WE WORK

We empower governments to effectively implement and sustain national school meal programs.
We engage civil society and businesses to strengthen supply chains and increase political will for school meal programs.
We share best practices and tools to support the creation, expansion, and improvement of national school meal programs.
We coordinate with partners in the field—nonprofits, schools, and researchers—to raise awareness and secure robust support and resources for school meal programs.
We research school meal programs to highlight their multisectoral intersections and identify areas of challenge and opportunity.
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OUR PROGRAMS

The Global Child Nutrition Forum

Unites representatives from governments, businesses, international organizations, NGOs, and academic institutions to share knowledge and strategies for improving school feeding and child nutrition worldwide.

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The Global Survey of School Meal Programs ©

Collects the most comprehensive data collection on national and large-scale school meal programs with information from 167 countries to date.

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THE LATEST SCHOOL MEALS NEWS

VOICES FROM OUR FORUM

“The GCNF Forum 2024 provided a unique space for global leaders to share ideas, inspire innovation, and build partnerships that strengthen school meal programs worldwide.”
Mayank Goel, Director, Food for Development, Greater Middle East & Africa, Tetra Pak
“Moments like these remind us of the collective power of innovation and collaboration in shaping a healthier, more sustainable future for our communities.”
Ravinder Grover, HarvestPlus Solutions
“Having attended many global gatherings across many different themes – food systems, climate change, biodiversity and nutrition – these last 30 years and more, I have to say that GCNF has created a gathering that is very special and unique in many ways.”
Danny Hunter, Principal Scientist, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
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OUR COMMITMENT

Powerful things happen when parents, educators, community organizers, local businesses, and government officials within a school system share a common vision for healthy children.

Yes, a child’s prospects are changed but it is far more than that. Local farmers work with purpose knowing there’s a ready market for their goods. Jobs are created to distribute and produce food. Local economies grow stronger as children grow up to be healthy, productive citizens who can access and create opportunity.

When systems work together in this manner, school nutrition programs are sustainable and scalable. Societies develop in which hunger is not a barrier to children’s learning and local economies thrive.

Please join Global Child Nutrition Foundation in our mission to give every child a chance to learn and thrive.

Gene White
Co-Founder, Global Child Nutrition Foundation

JOIN US!

Join GCNF in helping to ensure governments and their partners have the tools, connections, and knowledge they need to implement high quality school meal programs.

Help by making a tax-deductible contribution to GCNF today.

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