Lundi, 23 Septembre 2024
In Gaza, 12-year-old Ahmad has lost nearly a year of schooling, as bombings and airstrikes drove his family from one short-lived shelter to another. Tired, sad and depressed, he is studying again - in a tent, as part of a temporary learning initiative....
Jeudi, 15 Août 2024
UNICEF supports Child-Sensitive Social Protection programmes because childhood is a special window of opportunity where we can make a real impact on physical, cognitive, and social development. However, children aren’t the only ones that benefit from...
Mardi, 23 Juin 2024
Conditional cash transfers in Nicaragua during primary school led to higher schooling and earnings in adulthood, but mechanisms differed by sex. Interventions aimed at increasing the nutrition, health, and education of children are often motivated...
Mercredi, 19 juin 2024
Tjingababili Primary School in Matabeleland South’s Mangwe District has become a magnet for children from outside its catchment area after introducing a feeding scheme to alleviate the devastating impact of the El Nino-induced drought. The school’s...
Lundi, 6 Mai 2024
Uruguay is advancing towards increasingly sustainable feeding programs, committed to ensuring the human right to adequate food for all students. The Sustainable Schools methodology was developed by Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Programme,...
Vendredi, 12 Avril 2024
Last year, WFP, in coordination with the Government of Ecuador, launched a home-grown school meals programme to target rural areas with high levels of malnutrition and poverty. The programme focuses on students in the early childhood and primary...
Mardi, 9 Avril 2024
Way back in 2019, we blogged about the “meaning of stunting”, reflecting on some thought-provoking papers recently out that re-examined the meaning of stunting and sparked discussion for those of us who study human development. Here we turn our attention...
Mercredi, 20 Mars 2024
The double burden of malnutrition weighs heavily on Kenya’s school-age children and adolescents, who make up a significant portion of the population at 36%.The World Health Organization advocates for food systems that prioritize healthy, sustainable...
Jeudi, 14 Mars 2024
School meal programmes are among the few social sector initiatives that generate equally high enthusiasm from governments in both the poorest and the richest nations. Even in these times of turbulence and uncertainty, most governments are highly...
Jeudi, 7 Mars 2024
The Waai (meaning “awareness” in Arabic) Program is a behavioral awareness and change platform launched in 2020 and a key intervention of the Takaful and Karama Cash Transfer Program (TKP). It aims to reach Egypt’s vulnerable citizens on 12 interlinked...
