School Meals Coalition

📈 In just 2 years, governments in the #SchoolMeals Coalition have expanded to reach 32 million more children, delivering two-thirds of the global increase in children receiving school meals.

🌍 This is the result of over 110+ governments driving national action to reach more children & improve every meal served.

➡️The @SchoolMeals_ Coalition is an example of global cooperation that delivers on its commitments.

🏛️ Learn more: bit.ly/SMC3rdTF

🌍 Across countries, challenges and priorities, what’s one thing governments can agree on?

➡️ Every child deserves a healthy, nutritious meal at school.

📍 At the #SchoolMeals Coalition’s 3rd Ministerial Task Force Meeting, governments and partners from around the world came together, with young people at the table, to agree on a shared agenda and accelerate action towards stronger, nationally owned school meal programmes.

🔗 Learn more about the meeting & its outcomes: bit.ly/SMC3rdTF

☘️ 👨‍🎓🌱 How can #SchoolMeals help preserve Indigenous knowledge, strengthen local food systems and support biodiversity?

🌎 At the UN Committee on World Food Security (#CFS54), School Meals Coalition government representatives from Brazil and Mexico, along with partner organizations, discussed how Indigenous knowledge and food systems can strengthen school meal policies, support local production, promote culturally appropriate menus, and create opportunities for Indigenous producers through school meals.

Highlights and key quotes 👇

🎥 What is the School Meals Coalition's Ministerial Task Force, and why does it matter?

🇫🇷👇Jean-Sébastien Conty (@js_conty), Deputy Director for Global Affairs at France's Ministry for Europe & Foreign Affairs, reflects on the Coalition's Ministerial Task Force Meeting and explains how it helps drive political will and global cooperation to advance #SchoolMeals programmes worldwide.

🌾 Indigenous Peoples' food systems hold valuable lessons for building healthier, more sustainable and culturally appropriate #SchoolMeals.

➡️ Join School Meals Coalition members & partners tomorrow at #CFS54 to discuss how Indigenous food and knowledge systems can support healthier diets, stronger local food systems and more sustainable, culturally appropriate school meals.

📅 22 October at 8:30 AM CEST
📍 Ethiopia Room @FAO, Rome & online
🔗 Register now: schoolmealscoalition.org/events

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