International School Meals Day

💧🥦#SchoolMeals depend on something fundamental: safe water. 🚰🏫 Reliable water & sanitation systems in schools enable safe food preparation, cooking and access to drinking water. ↪️🧑‍🎓 This is crucial to protect children’s health and the nutritional impact of school meals. 🌍 As governments look ahead to the #UNWaterConference, there is an opportunity to strengthen water services in schools by advancing policies & budgets across health, nutrition and education. 🔗Learn more: schoolmealscoalition.org/advocacy-brief… #WorldWaterDay

We love seeing those grab and go breakfast carts at @HemmenwayStreak out in the library as students make their way to class! 📚❤️

Through the school feeding programme, funded by Mary’s Meals, community members help prepare meals that keep children in class and ready to learn. Community participation continues to be the driving force behind the programme’s success. #SchoolFeeding #EducationForAll

Check out these beautiful entrées served in Georgia schools last week by our teams in Baldwin County, Berrien County, Fulton County, Putnam County, Murray County, and Thomaston-Upson Schools. Cast your vote for #GaTrayoftheWeek: facebook.com/gadoenutrition. #FuelingGA

📢 In September 2025, #Ireland🇮🇪’s Ministry of Social Protection submitted new commitments to strengthen #SchoolMeals: 📍Locally: ✔️Roll out hot school meals to primary schools & expand to secondary schools ✔️Ensure strong nutrition standards, less food waste & recyclable packaging ✔️Pilot school meals during holidays & school closures 🌍Globally: ✔️Champion #SchoolMeals in international agendas ✔️Share experience with @SchoolMeals_ Coalition members & partners 🔗Learn more: schoolmealscoalition.org/member/ireland #ISMD @IrlEmbRome @AmbIrelandRome @welfare_ie

👩‍🍳 Feeding children fuels employment. ➡️  For every 100,000 children reached with #SchoolMeals, over 1,500 cooking jobs are created—providing opportunities for women, supporting livelihoods and strengthening local communities. 🎯 When governments scale up school meals, they scale up opportunity! 📑 Full report: bit.ly/SOSFReport

🍽️ Millions of children go to school hungry. Nutritious school meals = health, learning, dignity. By 2030, they could lift 120M children out of malnutrition. We know they work. Scaling them is achievable. Read➡️ sdg2advocacyhub.org/latest/full-pl… #SchoolMeals #GoodFoodForAll

@FAOfish supports “Fish in Home-Grown School Feeding” initiative in Honduras, linking schools with local fishers. 98% of students enjoyed tilapia, mackerel & snook, boosting nutrition & inspiring replication across Latin America. Read more 👉 fao.org/fishery/en/new… #ISMD2026

🚨During times of crisis, children’s well-being is especially critical, as they pressures linked to unstable conditions & inconsistent access to food. 🧒➡️ That’s why #Ukraine 🇺🇦 continues to protect #SchoolMeals for its children. Through the School Nutrition Reform led by First Lady @ZelenskaUA, the government is improving school food, modernizing kitchens & enhancing delivery. 🏫 To ensure children can safely continue learning & receiving meals, underground schools were built for students to maintain the stability of every child’s daily routine and access to nutrition & education. 🔗Learn more: bit.ly/SOSFReport #ISMD @wfpukraine @UKRinIT @UKRinUNOG

🇧🇿As we mark #InternationalSchoolMealsDay in Belize, FAO is expanding school gardens in 6 schools plus 20 training sessions nationwide with 14 already completed, to encourage more locally grown foods and promote #betternutrition among students. #ISMD2026 #SchoolMeals