Nigerian Government pledges to expand school meals programme by 2030

Nigerian Government pledges to expand school meals programme by 2030

The Nigerian government, alongside other global leaders, has pledged to expand school meal programmes, targeting the inclusion of an additional 10 million children by 2030. This commitment was announced at a global summit where governments, multilateral development banks, UN agencies and philanthropic organisations joined forces to combat childhood hunger and improve education access in Rio … Read more

Chinese counties took 2 billion yuan from rural school meal subsidies to ‘settle local debt’

Chinese counties took 2 billion yuan from rural school meal subsidies to ‘settle local debt’

More than 100 counties were involved in the wrongdoing, the report found. In 66 counties, nearly 2 billion yuan in all were directly misappropriated to settle government debts and basic social insurance. In 41 others, a total of 270 million yuan was siphoned off by lowering meal standards or fabricating purchases across 1,533 schools, the … Read more