RAES presents its experience during the National Meeting of PNAE Brazil

Initiative created by the Brazilian government, with the executive secretariat of FAO, was highlighted in a panel on international cooperation and school feeding. Paulo Beraldo and Palova Brito Brasília, Brazil, February 6, 2025 – During the National Meeting of the National School Feeding Programme (PNAE) of Brazil, organized by the National Fund for Educational Development […]

Opinion: The Importance of the Sustainable School Feeding Network for Uruguay and the Region

Elisa Bandeira, Specialist in Strategic Processes and Liaison for Food Security and Nutrition at the FAO Representation in Uruguay. Montevideo, December 15, 2024 – The Uruguayan government recently joined the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES). This network, composed of 17 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, proposes a methodology – Sustainable Schools – for […]

Sustainable School Feeding Network strengthened with the joining of 17 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean

The RAES Network, created by the Brazilian government in collaboration with FAO, aims to support countries in implementing and consolidating their school feeding and nutrition programs Paulo Beraldo and Palova Brito Seventeen countries from Latin America and the Caribbean have officially joined the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES) to strengthen public policies in this area. […]

Virtual event launches Latin American teacher training course

26 July 2023 – The launch of the Food and Nutrition Education (FNE) teacher training courses in 8 Latin American countries will take place on 27 July, at 15h30 in Chile, through a virtual event. This event will be a joint action of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation, the FAO Representation and the Government of Ecuador. […]

FAO, Brazil, and 18 countries in the region celebrated the 14 years of international cooperation in school feeding and defined the steps for the new cycle

Event highlighted the lessons learned, solutions, innovations, and strategies adopted that have already benefited more than 80 million students in Latin America and the Caribbean. Paulo Beraldo and Palova Brito Brasília, Brazil, November 16, 2023 – To commemorate the 14 years of work of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation in school feeding and announce the objectives […]

Become a School Food Advocate!

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) want to better understand what schoolchildren expect and think about their school meals, meal time experiences and foods available in schools and has therefore launched the competition School food advocates. The advocates will in their own words promote children’s […]

Final event of the project “Consolidation of School Feeding Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean”.

In the framework of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Programme, the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of External Relations (ABC/MRE), the National Fund for Educational Development of the Ministry of Education (FNDE/MEC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the Sustainable School Feeding Network, organized the closing event of the […]

XX Latin American Nutrition Congress in Ecuador

The XX Latin American Congress of Nutrition will take place in Cuenca, Ecuador, from 22-26 October. This edition of the traditional regional congress will be attended by researchers, members of civil society and professionals in the field of nutrition from different Latin American countries. The aim of the congress is to promote the generation and […]

International mission in Peru strengthens Sustainable Schools in Latin America

Methodology was developed by the alliance between Brazil and FAO and is already present in 14 countries Paulo Beraldo and Palova Brito Brasília, Brazil, August 29, 2023 – In a ceremony at the Government Palace, the President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, inaugurated the international mission promoted by FAO and the Government of Brazil, made up […]