The coalition aims to find sustainable and innovative funding solutions for school feeding programmes. As a result of the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic by April 2020 199 countries has closed their schools, which left 370 million children without school meals.
The coalition, which will be built during the course of 2021 and launched at the Food Systems Summit in September, has already gained support from stakeholders.
Tomson Phiri, WFP spokesperson, said: “School feeding is a game changer. It is a game changer for children, parents, smallholder farmers and indeed for the entire community.
“Activities help stave off hunger, support long-term health and help a child learn and thrive. This is especially true for girls: in places where there is a school meals programme, girls attend and stay in school longer, child marriage rates go down and teen pregnancies decrease."
The United Nations World Food Programme won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organisation, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impact of climate change.