Lunch politics: Part II

What will it take to ensure school meal programmes are nutritious, safe and sustainable? Free and reduced priced lunches have been credited for getting young students back into the classroom. At least 368 million children from different economic backgrounds rely on government offered meals globally, according to the World Food Programme. And research suggests both students and the region benefit from this provision.

 

For many young people, a school meal is the only food they will have all day. Governments are working on ways to sustain initiatives like these, so that students remain in their seats.  

 

In part two of this discussion, The Stream looks at the challenges of providing those quality meals and examines various programmes shaping communities around the world.
 

On this episode of The Stream, we speak with:

 

Lucy Melcher @lucymelcher
Director of Advocacy and Government Relations, No Kid Hungry
nokidhungry.org

Rodney Taylor @r1taylor
Director of Food and Nutrition Services, Fairfax County Public Schools
fcps.edu

Carmen Burbano de Lara @BurbanoCarmen
Representative and Country Director, WFP Peru
Lead author of WFP’s global report on school feeding
wfp.org

Swati Narayan @SNavatar
Food rights activist
righttofoodcampaign.in

 

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