This innovative collaboration gets off the ground with the support of its four founding partners, as well as the co-chairs of the School Meals Coalition – France, Finland and Brazil – and inputs from many organizations and networks. These include the School Meals Coalition initiatives, the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, the Centre of Excellence Against Hunger in Brazil, the International Development Research Centre, and the Global Partnership for Education, which supported inception efforts through its technical assistance facility and will continue to be a main partner, connecting the education sector to this work.
Germany’s BMZ, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and WFP launch new School Meals Accelerator to help governments reach an additional 100 million children with nutritious meals
Announced during the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin, Germany, a first-of-its-kind School Meals Accelerator seeks to unlock the full potential of national school feeding programmes to combat hunger and poverty, while strengthening food and nutrition security around the world.