Birmingham school joins UN campaign to help fight world hunger

The kids have added iconic the Bull, by artist Laurence Broderick, to the list of 'celebrities' urging schools to join a UN campaign. Every day, around 14,400 children in the developing world die from hunger. The Really Good School Dinner campaign, led by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the School Food Trust, gives school pupils an easy way to help tackle this. From 25 to 29 January, children across the country are invited to buy one, give one free when it comes to their school lunches. They donate just 10 pence extra each time they buy a school lunch. Every 10 pence donated to the Really Good School Dinner goes to the WFP's School Meals Programme and is enough to buy a whole meal for a child in the developing world. The International School pupils are urging all Birmingham schools to sign up and take part and, in doing so, join celebrity campaign supporters JLS, The Saturdays, Pixie Lott, Les Ferdinand and Skins star Kaya Scodelario. As well as helping feed some of the world's hungriest children, the campaign encourages children in this country to enjoy school lunches, which are now governed by nutritional standards, guaranteeing pupils a healthy meal. The Really Good School Dinner is open to any school in England. School Food Trust Chief executive Judy Hargadon said: "This campaign highlights two hugely important issues: the importance to children's well-being in the UK of eating a healthy school lunch and the increasing problem of world food insecurity. "The enthusiasm of participating schools during the first Really Good School Dinner was amazing. Taking part is easy, good fun and addresses these important issues, so I encourage schools to join in and help make this Really Good School Dinner an unprecedented success." The first Really Good School Dinner in January 2009 saw more than 118,000 school dinners eaten by children in schools around the country.