Resources

Research & Studies

As the international arm of SNA, GCNF has access to a vast array of professionally qualified specialists who offer extensive, practical experience in a wide range of program areas, such as policy development and implementation that includes:

administration;
management;
food procurement;
linking school feeding to local farm production;
use of commodities in food assistance programs; and
the operation of school nutrition programs in a variety of urban and rural settings.

In fact, most of the GCNF specialists have worked as school nutrition program directors and managers and have extensive experience in staff development and training.

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Projects

McGovern-Dole Food for Education

The four-year Angola school feeding project is made possible by the Foreign Agricultural Service’s McGovern-Dole International Food for Education (FFE) and Child Nutrition Program, which helps promote education, child development and food security for some of the world’s poorest children.

Angola

GCNF, acting as the subrecipient to Joint Aid Management (JAM), a faith-based humanitarian organization headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, will help implement a four-year school feeding program in the Benguela Province of Angola. Reducing short-term hunger, increasing nutrition and health knowledge through the nutritional education of children and community members, and strengthening capacity building within the Angolan government are all priority objectives for the program in Angola.

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Networking

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E-Newsletter

Insider International is a quarterly e-newsletter that keeps country leaders and other sustainable school feeding stakeholders up-to-date on GCNF news, activities and initiatives. Insider International links directly to the GCNF Web site, driving traffic to the robust body of resources on the site.

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Country Reports

GCNF has a variety of information related to global school feeding programs. We have collected a list that represents a snapshot of country-specific information submitted by GCNF Forum Delegates.

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“The ‘Advancement of Sustainable School Feeding Programs Linked to Agriculture’ grant was awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to GCNF March 30, 2009 through December 30, 2009. The grant supported three projects: (1) Country Policy and Funding Mechanism Study, (2) Needs Assessment for Developing Sustainable School Feeding in Sichuan Province, China, and (3) 2009 Global Child Nutrition Forum in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The overall grant provided technical assistance and research based information to help countries transition to or develop a country-owned and operated school feeding program.”

Country Policy and Funding Mechanism Study:

Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, this study examines how five middle income countries have established nationally-owned and operated school feeding programs.

Needs Assessment for Developing Sustainable School Feeding in Sichuan Province, China:

On May 12, 2008, an 8.0 earthquake struck the Sichuan Province in China, resulting in an estimated 90,000 deaths and in the destruction of thousands of schools. School feeding has since surfaced as a strategy vital to the province’s recovery. With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, this needs assessment determines how a sustainable, nutrition-based school feeding program can be established at six target school sites in Deyang City, Sichuan.