A joint blog from the SDG2 Advocacy Hub, Global Child Nutrition Foundation, the Sustainable Financing Initiative for School Health and Nutrition, and World Vision

Celebrating Semi-Annual Achievements

In 2023, World Vision launched ENOUGH to end child hunger. In one year, it impacted 223M+ children through global advocacy and policy change.

Empowering Children and Communities Through Integrated School Meal Solutions

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the global status and impact of school meal programmes.

LACRO School Meals

In the district of Mutarara, in Tete province-Mozambique, children are raising their voices against one of the most urgent and persistent threats to their health and development: malnutrition.

This article reports on the launch of the School Meal Program in Menkao, initiated by World Vision DRC on May 13, 2025. It’s a key initiative in the fight against child hunger and malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of Congo, especially in schools. The program aims to provide students with a balanced daily meal to improve their health, focus, and academic performance. Supported by the World Food Programme and other partners, it forms part of a national multisectoral strategy that combines nutrition, education, and community development.

Over the past five years, more than 22 million meals (22,667,173) have been served to over 93,000 primary school students in the districts of Muecate and Nacarôa, Nampula Province. This initiative aimed to improve school attendance, combat hunger, and prevent malnutrition among children.

“Our dream is simple: To have access to clean water, enough food and safe schools” said Ameer 16, from the West Bank. Along with several other Palestinian children, he reminded the participants of the 2025 European Humanitarian Forum (EHF) about how the current conflict has disrupted their education, mental health, and sense of normalcy. But they also spoke of how education programming, when combined with psychosocial support and protection, can turn schools in places of safety, hope, and healing.