Anything else you'd like to add about why you think school feeding is important for people to support?
WFP primarily works with the poorest of the poor. A poor family rarely has enough food to meet all the nutritional needs of its members. School feeding ensures that poor children receive at least one balanced meal a day. This may result in less food for a student at home, but will give a hungry family member the chance to eat, such as a younger sibling too young to attend school. In the end, school feeding helps ensure a balanced meal for a child while increasing the “food basket” of the whole family. In developing countries where the physical and economic access to food has been a chronic problem, the most affected population group has been children who are forced to work for their survival. School feeding is an important way to save children at risk of abuse, oppression, and a life of illiteracy, crime, and homelessness. An uneducated child will be unable to join the workforce, participate in community decision-making, or contribute to the development of their country.
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