This is four per cent below pre-pandemic levels, with Africa registering the biggest declines. However, the report also highlighted differences between rich countries, where 60 percent of school children get meals, and low-income nations, where only 18 per cent do. Today, 75 governments are members of the coalition, which aims to ensure every child can receive a daily, nutritious meal in school by 2030. The global recovery received crucial support from the government-led School Meals Coalition, established in 2020 to respond to the pandemic’s impact. This has led to the rise in boys and girls receiving school meals, who represent 41 per cent of all children in school. WFP said countries worked to restore free lunch programmes following the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic three years ago. In many of the countries where we work, the meal a child gets in school might be the only meal they get that day,” said Carmen Burbano, WFP’s head of school-based programmes.
“As the world grapples with a global food crisis, which risks robbing millions of children of their future, school meals have a vital role to play.
School meals are a critical safety net for vulnerable children and households at a time when some 345 million people are facing crisis levels of hunger, including 153 million children and young people.
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