“We don’t want to just deliver healthier food, but also that students learn what a healthy lifestyle is”
In an interview with the RAES platform, Juan Gabriel Casañas, Undersecretary of School Administration of the Ministry of Education of Ecuador, brings an overview of the SFP and its progress in recent years Paulo Beraldo The School Feeding Programme of Ecuador has been advancing every day since its creation in 2009. The universalization of attention […]
‘School feeding programmes create the taste and habits of the future generations’
Mr. Fransen Jean, food security officer for the FAO sub-regional office in the Caribbean, talks with the RAES platform about school feeding programmes in the region Paulo Beraldo School feeding programmes are great policy instruments that can shape the taste, eating and consumption habits of this generation and those ones to come, evaluates Fransen Jean, […]
“What children consume triggers and influences their learning process”
Teacher Emy Alfaro, from Belize, shares her remarks about implementing a healthy plan in her school Paulo Beraldo The teacher Emy Alfaro, from Benque Viejo, Cayo, in Belize, has no doubts when it comes to educating the children about what they eat every day. “It is essential to give visibility to eating habits, obesity, hunger, […]
Jorge Ulises González: ‘We are changing the paradigm of school feeding in Latin America and the Caribbean’
“The paradigm shift from programmes focused on food assistance to programmes that have a rights-based approach, especially the human right to adequate food, is the main advance in school feeding in Latin America and the Caribbean,” said Jorge Ulises Gonzalez, FAO regional consultant for healthy eating programmes, in an interview with the Sustainable School Feeding […]
“We want a society that eats for wellness, not for publicity”
Carolina Vanesa Cárcamo, a student from El Salvador, recalls her experience with food and nutrition education Paulo Beraldo The student Carolina Vanesa Carcamo, from Izalco, El Salvador, is clear about the role of food and nutritional education in her life and in the lives of her classmates. In an interview for the Sustainable School Food […]
‘School garden is the most effective tool to educate with focus on nutrition’
Nutritionist Maria Angela Delgado tells how Jundiaí, in Brazil, became a national reference for school feeding Paulo Beraldo Jundiaí, a city located a few kilometers from São Paulo, in Brazil, is a national reference when it comes to school feeding. This is due to the organic production of food, the implementation of dozens of school […]
School Feeding is the most important social programme in the Dominican Republic
Mr. Victor Castro, executive director of the National Institute of Student Welfare of the Dominican Republic, believes that it is necessary to strengthen this policy in the country and institutionalize it. Paulo Beraldo Mr. Victor Ramón Castro, executive director of the National Institute of Student Welfare (INABIE by its Spanish acronym) of the Dominican Republic, […]
We need to work to expand and strengthen school feeding in LAC, says FAO Representative in Brazil
In interview with the RAES plataform, Rafael Zavala highlights the importance of school feeding programmes in tackling food insecurity Paulo Beraldo Following the release of a global report showing that food insecurity affects 4 out of 10 Latin Americans, the FAO Representative in Brazil, Mr. Rafael Zavala, affirms that work must be done to strengthen […]
Ecuadorian teacher with a lot of creativity captures the attention of boys and girls with a doll and promotes FNE actions.
Teacher Edison Eloy, from Guayaquil, exposes his experience with the Soloy doll and the educational activities that he develops for preschool students. Paulo Beraldo How to attract the attention of children in front of the computer during virtual classes? An opportunity arose from the difficulty: the creation of the character Soloy, a very nice doll […]
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 […]
