Haiti: WFP provides a daily hot meal to 237,000 children in schools such as this one in the town of Jeremie in Grand Anse. Photo: WFP/Alexis Masciarelli
“Missing out on nutritious school meals is jeopardizing the futures of millions of the world’s poorest children we risk losing a whole generation,” said WFP’s Executive Director David Beasley. “We must support governments to safely reopen schools and start feeding these children again. For many, the nutritious meal they get in school is the only food they will receive all day.”
Yemen: A schoolboy takes a box of high-energy biscuits to his classmates in Aden. Photo: WFP/Hebatallah-Munassar
Haiti: WFP provides a daily hot meal to 237,000 children in schools such as this one in the town of Jeremie in Grand’Anse. Photo: WFP/Alexis Masciarelli
“Missing out on nutritious school meals is jeopardizing the futures of millions of the world’s poorest children we risk losing a whole generation,” said WFP’s Executive Director David Beasley. “We must support governments to safely reopen schools and start feeding these children again. For many, the nutritious meal they get in school is the only food they will receive all day.”
Yemen: A schoolboy takes a box of high-energy biscuits to his classmates in Aden. Photo: WFP/Hebatallah-Munassar
Nutrition Crisis Looms as Pandemic Cuts 39 Billion School Meals
Bloomberg 1/28/2021 Agnieszka de Sousa
(Bloomberg) A global nutrition crisis is looming as 39 billion school meals have been missed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, risking the futures of millions of the poorest children, according to the United Nations.
Closed classrooms mean 370 million children on average have missed about 40% of school meals globally, the UN’s World Food Programme and Unicef Office of Research said in a report. With many children reliant on the meals as a key source of nutrition, the agencies urged governments to prioritize school reopening.
“We risk losing a whole generation,” WFP Executive Director David Beasley said in a statement. “For many, the nutritious meal they get in school is the only food they will receive all day.”
Child poverty to remain above pre-coronavirus levels in high-income nations; read more IANS
United Nations: Child poverty is expected to remain above pre-coronavirus levels for at least five years in high-income countries, a new Unicef report has revealed.
The report titled, “Supporting Families and Children Beyond COVID-19: Social Protection in High Income Countries”, was released on Friday by the Unicef Office of Research-Innocenti, Xinhua news agency reported.
It explores how the social and economic impact of the pandemic is likely to affect children; the initial government responses to the crisis; and how future public policies could be optimized to better support children.
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