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School Feeding Schemes

Pairing learning with food is a winning recipe

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Much more support of homemade nutrition programmes is needed to ensure gaps are filled
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At least 50 000 children go hungry in KwaZulu-Natal

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In a small number of cases principals reported that providers had contacted them to say there would be no food on Monday, but none could explain why.
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KZN school lunches may be off menu

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Scholars may go hungry next week amid confusion over the companies hired to feed them
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Learning on an empty stomach: food insecurity hits students hard

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Religious and nonprofit groups play an important role in providing food to students, but sometimes this is not enough.
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Basic education department can’t afford breakfast

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It is exploring the idea of asking more food manufacturers to provide poor learners with a morning meal.
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Inspectors unearth rat infestation at Gauteng school following poisoning

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Poor handling practices as well as storage, cooking equipment and fridges - and rats - increase the risk of food poisoning.
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Education must become a social concern

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A replication of our social system, education must become a social concern. Simple things like music and reading will change children’s lives.
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School feeding schemes help to grow young minds

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Studies show that feeding programmes at schools not only reduce stunting, but also combat obesity and lead to increased enrolment in schools.
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Pupils Speak Out: It’s not only pupils at no-fee schools that need feeding schemes

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Government intervention is necessary to ensure that all children do not study on hungry stomachs because they are tired and drained.
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No meals are ‘serious setback’ for hungry pupils

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Meals are back in 11 Limpopo schools after legal action, but the lost teaching time worries principals.
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Limpopo pupils go hungry for two months

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Despite government's national school feeding scheme, pupils at Tshinavhe Secondary School have been left hungry, says rights organisation Section27.
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Fearful Indian school children refuse free meals after deaths

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School children have been dumping the meals they get as part of a school feeding scheme in fear of poisoning after 22 children died on Tuesday.
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Much more support of homemade nutrition programmes is needed to ensure gaps are filled

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