The Government of Kenya is hosting the second Ministerial Meeting of the Task Force of the School Meals Coalition in Nairobi on 29th October 2024.
The meeting brings together Ministers and high-level representatives from the Coalition’s 12 Task Force member countries, to further advance its mission to ensure every child has access to a nutritious meal in school by 2030.
The Ministerial meeting takes place ahead of the G20 Heads of State Summit in Brazil on 18-19 November 2024.
Driven by Brazil’s G20 Presidency, the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty is set to be launched at the summit, with school meals featuring as a key cost-effective policy intervention to help tackle hunger and poverty worldwide.
Kenya recently launched the National School Meals Coalition to increase the number of students benefitting from school meals from 2.6 million today to over 10 million by 2030.
Developed with support from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and The Rockefeller Foundation, the expansion of Kenya’s school meals programme involves a shift from carbon-heavy food imports to locally grown, drought-tolerant crops and vegetables, and a move towards cleaner cooking methods.
In doing so, Kenya aims to transform its food systems, reduce its carbon footprint, and support its clean energy transition.
The opening ceremony will be livestreamed at on 29 October 2024 featuring remarks from His Excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya, Julius Migos Ogamba, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Education, Cindy McCain, WFP Executive Director and Pasi Hellman, Finland’s Under-Secretary of State for International Development among other key speakers.
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