The initiative, spearheaded by the School Meals Coalition, a network of over 100 governments and 130 partners, aims to reach 150 million children in low and lower-middle-income countries
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. more than twice the current reach. He added that providing healthy and nutritious meals and improving children’s education and learning, homegrown school meals programmes may serve as catalytic platforms for strengthening local food systems and promoting sustainable agriculture, among other things. For Nigeria, the school meals programme represents a lifeline for millions of children facing food insecurity, especially in conflict-prone and rural areas.Evidence shows that these school meals programmes can be effective in improving nutrition and health, improving education outcomes, alleviating poverty, and strengthening gender equality by limiting school dropout among girls, according to World Food Programme.
Speaking on achieving the goal towards the targeted number of children, she noted that the plan is to reach 27 million vulnerable children by 2025.“WFP plans to reach 27 million of the most vulnerable children with nutritious meals in over 80 countries in 2025. As the School Meals Coalition Secretariat, WFP will support the over 100 member governments of the Coalition to foster more sustainable and inclusive growth through school meals.
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