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Around 300M children missing school meals due to virus closures - WFP

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World Food Programme says some 300 million children who depend on school meals are missing out due to closures triggered by the coronavirus pandemic

A cafeteria worker puts together sandwiches for free meals as part of Stamford Public Schools'"Grab and Go Meals for Kids" program, which is part of the city's response to the coronavirus pandemic on March 17, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut.

In addition to missing out on learning, hundreds of thousands of children are now missing free school lunches, the UN agency said. The agency said it was looking into alternative ways of providing children out of school with food, including take-home meals. She warned that the number of children deprived of WFP-provided school meals "is set to rise in coming days and weeks.""This includes providing take-home rations in lieu of the meals, home delivery of food and provision of cash or vouchers," she said.

 

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