Our multi-day conference designed to foster learning, collaboration, and technical support for countries as they develop and implement sustainable school meal programs.
The Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) provides governments and their partners with knowledge, tools, and connections to build high-quality school meal programs that support all children and contribute to national educational, agricultural, economic, social protection, health, and nutrition goals.
How We Work
We work together with a global network to ensure that hunger is not a barrier for learning for any child.
Why School Meals
At least 407.8 million children worldwide receive food through their schools.
For many children in vulnerable situations, a school meal is the only nutritious meal they will receive throughout the day.
School meals are powerful tools for ensuring children attend school and are able to learn.
School meal programs have potential to be key drivers of global food system transformation, fostering demand for nutritious foods, supporting livelihoods, and promoting the sustainability of food systems worldwide.
HOW WE WORK
We engage
civil society and businesses to strengthen supply chains and increase political will for school meal programs.
We research
civil society and businesses to strengthen supply chains and increase political will for school meal programs.
OUR PROGRAMS
The Global Child Nutrition Forum
Unites representatives from governments, businesses, international organizations, NGOs, and academic institutions to share knowledge and strategies for improving school feeding and child nutrition worldwide.
"“Having attended many global gatherings across many different themes – food systems, climate change, biodiversity and nutrition – these last 30 years and more, I have to say that GCNF has created a gathering that is very special and unique in many ways.”"
Danny Hunter,
Principal Scientist, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
OUR COMMITMENT
Powerful things happen when parents, educators, community organizers, local businesses, and government officials within a school system share a common vision for healthy children.
Yes, a child’s prospects are changed but it is far more than that. Local farmers work with purpose knowing there’s a ready market for their goods. Jobs are created to distribute and produce food. Local economies grow stronger as children grow up to be healthy, productive citizens who can access and create opportunity.
When systems work together in this manner, school nutrition programs are sustainable and scalable. Societies develop in which hunger is not a barrier to children’s learning and local economies thrive.
Please join Global Child Nutrition Foundation in our mission to give every child a chance to learn and thrive.
Gene White
Co-Founder, Global Child Nutrition Foundation
JOIN US!
Join GCNF in helping to ensure governments and their partners have the tools, connections, and knowledge they need to implement high quality school meal programs. Help by making a tax-deductible contribution to GCNF today.
