World Vision School Meals Report Card #1

This article highlights the impact of school feeding program implemented in Kabinda, Lomami province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Thanks to a collaboration between World Vision, WFP, the European Union, and Japan, over 12,000 children receive hot meals daily, improving their schooling, nutrition, and academic performance. The program also relieves parents, especially those facing financial difficulties, enabling them to focus on other priorities. The initiative is an example of international solidarity and partnership effectiveness, transforming the lives of children and their families.

Andrea Galante considers what the latest global survey of school meal programmes means for ensuring children's present and future nutrition and success.

This article illustrates the celebration of Africa School Feeding Day in Gemena, where World Vision implements its development programme. Together with community members, children, parents, and local authorities, World Vision raised awareness of the importance of school meals, which directly impact school performance, reducing absenteeism and combating hunger and malnutrition. All the participants in this activity promised to advocate and mobilise in favour of school meals.

This Guidance Note provides specific recommendations to Member States on how to include children’s rights, including children’s participation, in VNRs at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). It follows the general structure of the Secretary-General’s updated voluntary common reporting guidelines for VNRs2 (the Guidelines), which were most recently updated in November 2019. It also provides examples of good practices from other VNRs from 2017-2019. In line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, this paper defines “children” as people below the age of 18.

In a small community kitchen behind Beirut’s bustling souk, Samia stirs a pot of Mujaddara, providing warmth and nourishment to hungry children. As Lebanon’s economic crisis deepens, families in Shatila camp struggle to afford even the most basic meals. With food prices soaring, World Vision Lebanon and Ahlam Lajea step in to offer a crucial lifeline. But for many, the question remains, how long can they hold on?

As we celebrate the African Day of School Feeding, let’s stand with young leaders like Paidamoyo to ensure that no child has to go to school hungry, because when children are nourished, they can dream bigger, learn better, and achieve more.

In Pemba District, Zambia, last year’s severe drought left many families struggling to find food. Parents watched helplessly as their children went to school hungry, too weak to concentrate in class. Some children even stopped attending school because they had no energy to walk the long distances on empty stomachs.