The vital connection between school meals and nutrition

By Bianca and Giselle, Youth Public Policy Movement (MJPOP)  We are Bianca, aged 15, and Giselle, aged 14, from Brazil. We wanted to write this blog about Nutrition Dialogues on school meals and their impact on our lives. A school meal is one of the most important aspects of school life as it provides important…

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Children’s voices to ensure accountable action

By Patricio Cuevas-Parra, Director, Child Participation & Rights, World Vision International  Weeks ago, I met with the World Vision’s Children’s Advisory Group and asked them if they would be interested in engaging in a workshop to discuss hunger and malnutrition. Not surprisingly, they all enthusiastically debated these topics. The second question I asked them was…

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Elevating Local Voices to Global Heights through Nutrition Dialogues

By David Nabarro, Strategic Director of 4SD Foundation and Dan Irvine, Global Director, Health and Nutrition, World Vision International. The 2024 analysis of the State of Food Insecurity and malnutrition in our world was released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, the United Nations…

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Fighting inequality at the heart of the international agenda: President Lula calls on the world to take part in the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Minister of Social Development and Assistance, Family, and the Fight against Hunger, Wellington Dias, took part in the pre-launch of the Task Force for the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, held at the headquarters of Ação da Cidadania, in Rio de Janeiro. The foundational documents for…

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France to host the next Nutrition for Growth Summit

France will host the next Nutrition for Growth summit in Paris on March 27 and 28, 2025. This summit is aimed at mobilizing the international community, particularly private sector and civil society actors, around the issue of nutrition in order to reach the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN’s 2030 Agenda. The problems of…

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