School meals aren’t just about food. They’re shaping nations. 🍎🎒 Funding for these programmes has more than doubled - and 99% now comes from national budgets. WFP’s Valerie Guarnieri explains why investing in school meals fuels education, health and long-term development. ⤵️

Forced evacuations from #Gaza City exhaust families' resources and disrupt their last lifelines. Without safe, sustained access, the risk of worsening hunger grows - especially for children. 📣 Only a ceasefire can ensure life-saving food aid reaches everyone in need

Khir Rahman is one of thousands of #AfghanistanEarthquake survivors who received WFP food assistance. Needs on the ground remain immense.

School meals are more than a plate of food. In #Haiti and beyond, WFP-supported school meal programmes: ✅ Keep children in school ✅ Boost learning ✅ Support farmers ✅ Strengthen economies School meals power futures. 🍽️🥬💡

📍In #Pakistan, monsoon floods have impacted nearly 6 million people so far. WFP and our partners are delivering early warning messages and helping ensure thousands of families can act before disaster strikes - buying food, evacuating early, and protecting livelihoods.

💙 WFP Goodwill Ambassador @kristina joined local farmers of the Sultan Mastura Vegetable Producers Cooperative in planting vegetables—a key ingredient for nutritious school meals. 🍽️   This farmer's coop supplies fresh produce for the school meals programme in #BARMM.

🚨 Entire communities in #SouthSudan are underwater. 📸Heavy rains and the overflowing River Nile have displaced hundreds of thousands, forcing families to seek shelter in tents or out in the open. @WFP is delivering life-saving food and nutrition assistance.

School meals aren’t just a social service - they’re a strategic response to some of today's biggest challenges: hunger, the learning crisis & fragile food systems. Today, 466M children globally receive them. WFP's @BurbanoCarmen explains why we work with governments around the

After two years of war, nearly half of people in #Sudan face acute hunger. It is the world’s largest hunger crisis. Hundreds of thousands face famine where fighting is worst. WFP assistance is a lifeline for millions of people every month. But, for the first time, funding

📚 A school meal is more than food on a plate — it’s an investment in a child’s education, health & future. With over 60 years on the frontlines of hunger, WFP works with countries around the world to ensure millions of children get the nutrition they need to learn and thrive.

🆕 20M more children in Sub-Saharan #Africa now receive school meals—a 30% rise since 2022. Countries like #Zambia & #Madagascar are leading the way, with @WFP support turning meals into long-term investments in education, nutrition & resilient food systems. Learn more ⤵️

In the Asia-Pacific, WFP supports govts to rollout school meal programmes in 13 countries. This improves children’s education, health & nutrition, strengthens local economies by buying food from farmers, ensuring a stable source of income. Global report🔗 https://t.co/8ukgFyyl58

“I wouldn’t have gone to school without school meals.” Isaac, our colleague from #Uganda, grew up in Karamoja, where food was scarce. School meals gave him the chance to learn — today, he’s a WFP project coordinator. He calls on governments to invest in school meals ⤵️

In #Afghanistan, many children go to school on an empty stomach. We remind the world that school meals are essential for learning — for children like Madina, WFP biscuits may be the only food they get all day. More in #SchoolMeals report👉 https://t.co/AlY8TN2mv5

Not all headlines are bleak: 466 million children now receive #SchoolMeals worldwide, up 80 million since 2020!   When governments invest in kids, this is what's possible. @WFP is proud to support national efforts all over the world—because every child deserves to learn & thrive.

🆕 A new report finds nearly 80 million more children are benefiting from school meal programmes worldwide. Low income countries have led the way, increasing the number of children receiving school meals by 60% in just the past two years. 🔗Learn more:

The first half of 2025 brought relentless challenges, but @WFP supply chains kept moving. “Our supply chain machine is in full steam to reach every hungry person we can. All we need are the resources to do more.” — @Corinne_WFP Supply Chain Director. 🔗 https://t.co/TGq22pMMEs

So far, 22,000 people affected by the recent earthquakes in #Afghanistan have received WFP emergency food assistance — but the needs on the ground remain immense. Our Country Director gives us the picture from the quake affected sites: 👇

When school meals are local, nutritious and reliable — everyone benefits. In #Ethiopia, WFP’s home-grown school feeding: ✔️ Boosts demand for local produce ✔️ Keeps children in school ✔️ Eases pressure on families 🍲A plate of food can change the future.

📚 Learning is hard when you’re hungry. For millions of children, an empty stomach means missed lessons and missed opportunities. WFP-supported school meals help children in crisis-hit communities — from Ukraine to Haiti — continue to learn, grow, and build stronger futures.