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The School Meals Coalition is an emerging initiative of governments and a wide range of partners to drive actions that can urgently re-establish, improve and scale up food and education systems, support pandemic recovery and drive actions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In April 2020, during the height of the crisis, almost all countries closed their schools,

leaving 370 million school children without access to the one meal a day they could rely on.

To ensure that every child has the opportunity to grow, learn and thrive, a group of member states formed an international School Meals Coalition.

In April 2020, during the height of the crisis, almost all countries closed their schools,

leaving 370 million school children without access to the one meal a day they could rely on.

To ensure that every child has the opportunity to grow, learn and thrive,
a group of member states is forming an international School Meals Coalition.

The Coalition will support governments and their partners to improve or restore national, sustainable school meal programmes, and strive for every child to have the opportunity to receive a healthy, nutritious meal in school by 2030.

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School Meals do more than provide food.
School Meals Programmes can support local agriculture and markets while simultaneously improving health, nutrition and education, making communities more resilient.
These programmes can transform lives and communities and serve as platforms for improving education and food systems globally.
The Impact

The Coalition will support governments and their partners to improve or restore national, sustainable school meal programmes, and strive for every child to have the opportunity to receive a healthy, nutritious meal in school by 2030.

Learn more
School Meals do more than provide food.
School Meals Programmes can support local agriculture and markets while simultaneously improving health, nutrition and education, making communities more resilient.
These programmes can transform lives and communities and serve as platforms for improving education and food systems globally.
The impact
The transformative effect of food.
Unlocking a universe of possibilities.
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The transformative effect of food.
Unlocking a universe of possibilities.
Take action

The School Meals Coalition is led by its founding Member States and supported by a small secretariat powered by the UN World Food Programme.

The School Meals Coalition is led by its founding Member States and supported by a secretariat powered by the UN World Food Programme.

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