RAES network can support school feeding in LAC and in the world, says Israel Ríos, nutrition officer of FAO Mesoamerica
Paulo Beraldo The Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES, for its acronym in Spanish) can support the consolidation and strengthening of school feeding not only in Latin America and the Caribbean, but also in other countries, evaluates Israel Ríos-Castillo, nutrition officer of the sub-regional office of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Panama. In an […]
International course of school feeding will strengthen capacities of 3,200 professionals
Training integrates the actions of the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES), promoted by the Government of Brazil with the support of FAO. Santiago de Chile, May 10, 2022 – The third edition of the course ‘School Feeding as an Educational Strategy for a Healthy Life’, began on May 4 with an open virtual class broadcast on […]
Event celebrates 10 years of Sustainable Schools in LAC region
In a decade of collaborative work to strengthen school feeding in the region, more than 1.6 million students have already been benefited. Santiago de Chile, May 9, 2022 – Over the last 10 years, more than 23,000 school in Latin America and the Caribbean have already implemented Sustainable Schools, benefiting 1.6 million students in 15 […]
Sustainable Schools were implemented in 23,000 institutions in LAC countries
This and other data will be presented during the launching of the 3rd version f the course School Feeding as an Educational Strategy for a Healthy Life, promoted by the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation. Brasília, April 20, 2022 – In the year that it turns 10, the Sustainable Schools methodology has already been implemented in 15 […]
Brazil-FAO Cooperation launches 3rd edition of virtual course about school feeding
Training lasts 13 weeks and will be offered to 4 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean Brasília, April 20, 2022 – The virtual course ‘School feeding as an educational strategy for a healthy life’, promoted by the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Program through the project Consolidation of School Feeding Programs in Latin America and the […]
Mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and nutrition of schoolchildren
While cases of COVID-19 appear to be fewer among children (and symptoms generally milder), national responses to the pandemic can have important consequences for child nutrition and educational outcomes. Nearly 1.5 billion children – more than half of the world’s student population – are being kept away from school due to pandemic response measures. Nationwide […]
Legal Guide on school food and nutrition
A solid international consensus has emerged on the importance of nutrition for children’s development and well-being. At the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), the Member States of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) committed to developing policies, programmes and initiatives to ensure healthy diets […]
Including gastronomy in the School Feeding Programme – A necessary change to guarantee children’s right to healthy, tasty and waste-free food
Each year, the Guatemalan State invests about 1 869.2 million Quetzals (USD 245 million) in the national School Feeding Programme (PAE, by its acronym in Spanish), which feeds 2.4 million children. This research estimates that, by including gastronomy in the PAE, it is possible to prevent in a school year (180 days), the waste of […]
Capacity needs assessment tool – School-based food and nutrition education
The capacity needs assessment tool is meant to be used by national and local groups as a foundation for the design of school-based food and nutrition education capacity development strategies. The tool builds on FAO’s experience and expertise in capacity development, and adopts a broad approach that not only assesses capacities at the individual level, […]
‘The school garden is a natural blackboard’
Director Nila Gonzáles, from Huancayo, Peru, highlights the benefits of Sustainable Schools for students and the community A few years ago, the students of the school 30.012, in Huancayo, Peru, did not pay much attention to their school garden. They did not have a clear awareness of the relationship between food and health and did […]
