Global Child Nutrition Foundation

The 2024 Global Survey of School Meal Programs

is now collecting data from government-appointed Focal Points

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Global Reports of Survey School Meals Around the World Colorful bowls of rice with children's hands eating school meal feeding

School Feeding Infographics

A set of school meal program infographics perfect for at-a-glance learning

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Lunch lady from Benin school feeding program

School Meals Around the World

Learn about school meal programs worldwide from our 2019 and 2021 reports

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Working to ensure governments and their partners have the resources, tools, and connections they need to increase coverage of high-quality school meal programs that contribute to national educational, agricultural, economic, social protection, and health and nutrition goals.

Why school meals?

Global Child Nutrition Foundation believes school feeding programs are a powerful and integrated way to encourage children to attend school, support their learning, and prepare them for success.

Why locally sourced?

Working with local farmers and making use of perishable foods such as fruits and vegetables, schools can provide daily meals to more children while increasing local economic returns.

We are GCNF.

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

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The Global Survey of School Meal Programs collected data from over 150 countries

VOICES FROM THE NETWORK

With the experiences I've had and the exchanges with others, I am determined to make things happen in my country for school meals, which are a major investment.

In one sentence, the overall management of the Global Child Nutrition Forum was excellent. The learning from the forum will help us to implement a school feeding programme more efficiently, effectively in Bangladesh

Excellent networking opportunities. Wonderful support from organizers and support team. Learned a lot. Enthused to improve our own programme further to benefit the world’s children.

School feeding goes beyond just feeding school children but rather it is a socio-economic policy issues - which calls for all countries to develop a national policy on school feeding.

PRESS RELEASE: 2024 Global Survey Aims to Enhance School Meal Programs Worldwide

GCNF is pleased to announce the launch of the third round of data collection for the Global Survey of School Meal Programs.

Chile school feeding program students who benefit from the program sit down for lunch.

Country Spotlight: Chile

Chile is tackling overnutrition vigorously, and others are paying attention. Read about how the Chile school meal program plays a part.

Ggraphic of three characters eating school meal

August Newsletter

Read the August Newsletter from GCNF.

Combating Food Insecurity and Promoting Sustainability: School Feeding in Namibia

School feeding programs in Namibia aim to address the challenges of food insecurity and malnutrition among children. These programs provide nutritious meals to students, ensuring they have the energy and nutrients they need to learn and grow.

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.

Working to ensure governments and their partners have the resources, tools, and connections they need to increase coverage of high-quality school meal programs that contribute to national educational, agricultural, economic, social protection, and health and nutrition goals.