Nathaniel Glidden

[WFP Nepal @WFP_Nepal]

Lions Clubs International Foundation and World Food Programme scale up locally sourced school meals for children in Nepal

Read more 👉 https://t.co/ilbAj3PESV

[The Himalayan Times @thehimalayan]

The initiative follows a one-year pilot completed in 2025, during which LCIF and World Food Program USA jointly invested US$1 million and reached around 70,000 schoolchildren across Nepal.
https://t.co/3FmEzt2cgj

[WFP Nepal @WFP_Nepal]

@WFP_Nepal's @rlwfp with H.E. @PetriPuhakka, Ambassador of @FinlandinNepal, visited Sindhupalchowk to observe school meals & local food system initiatives in action.

From farms to classrooms, these integrated approaches are strengthening nutrition, livelihoods & resilience in🇳🇵

[Riaz Lodhi @rlwfp]

📍Humanitarian Staging Area, Nepal

A pleasure to host H.E. Simon Ernst, Australian Ambassador to Nepal, @AusAmbNP, together with Ms. Lila Pieters Yahia, UN Resident Coordinator, @UN_Nepal, @UNFPANepal, @ILO_Nepal & @UNDPNepal at the Humanitarian Staging Area in Kathmandu.

Australia’s partnership with @WFP_Nepal has been instrumental in building and strengthening Nepal’s preparedness and logistics capacity, ensuring that response is swift and effective when emergencies occur.

[WFP Nepal @WFP_Nepal]

Partnerships for lasting impact

On International School Meals Day, we celebrate partnership with @NepGov, partners & communities to strengthen & scale school meal systems- ensuring children receive safe, nutritious meals every🏫day

Watch⤵️what sustainable partnerships look like

[Riaz Lodhi @rlwfp]

A nutritious school meal does more than providing energy to learn - it gives children the opportunity to reach their full potential!

On International School Meals Day, we recognize how healthy meals help students learn, grow, and thrive.

With support from @norwayinnepal and @finlandinNepal, and in partnership with @UNDPNepal, @WFP_Nepal is strengthening the Home‑Grown School Feeding (HGSF) approach through the Renewable Energy for Resilient Agri‑Food Systems (RERAS) project.

🌱 7,262 students across 81 schools in Jumla and Bajura are now receiving fresh, nutritious school meals sourced from local farmers and cooperatives - ensuring locally grown food reaches students’ plates.

🏫 At the same time, three local governments have endorsed customized school meal menus across all participating schools, boosting nutrition outcomes through stronger policy support.

Linking local agriculture to school meals uplifts farmers, improves child nutrition, and contributes to more resilient food systems for Nepal.

[WFP Nepal @WFP_Nepal]

A glimpse of the @USDAForeignAg & @WFP_Nepal team's visit to Sudurpashchim Province to observe the USDA funded McGovern-Dole program in action.

Fueling learning in Bajhang, Bajura & Darchula districts, this initiative ensures every student receives a nutritious meal every day.🍲

[WFP Nepal @WFP_Nepal]

Communities in Sunsari and Saptari districts have been left struggling after the devastating #Nepalfloods destroyed their crops and assets.

The ongoing @WFP’s cash assistance is helping families recover and get back on their feet.

Thanks to @UNCERF for making it possible!

[MUSK MODE @musk__8200]

Wonderful to see @WFP's school meals expertise recognized with this boost to child nutrition in #Nepal from @USDAForeignAg. This award creates important "opportunities for breaking the cycle of hunger and poverty," says @RobertKasca of @WFP_Nepal. https://t.co/LzXIdiFOYT

[WFP Nepal @WFP_Nepal]

Happening now! 🎉

@WFP_Nepal, @MoEST_Nepal & @USDAForeignAg officially launch the McGovern-Dole School Meals program in #Nepal in the presence of reps from #GoN, UN agencies & partners.

The National Mid-day Meal continues to fuel children's bodies & minds to learn better🍽️🍽️📚

[WFP Nepal @WFP_Nepal]

📍 @WFP_Nepal

Always a pleasure to meet the @norwayinNepal team to discuss food security in Nepal and the ongoing collaboration to support school feeding & bringing clean cooking solutions under the #Energy4Food project with @UNDPNepal in Karnali & Sudurpashchim.

[Nathaniel Glidden @NathanielWFP]

School Meals Coalition First Global Summit https://t.co/E9Z8BqAADg via @YouTube

[School Meals Coalition @SchoolMeals_]

📢#France Min. of State for Development @CZacharopoulou welcomes participants at #GlobalSchoolMealsSummit in #Paris highlighting France's strong commitment to school meals🍽️to enforce policies of justice and equality, and promote scaling up of programs across the world.

[UN World Food Programme (deutsch) @WFP_DE]

#SchoolMeals bedeuten mehr als nur volle Teller: Sie schaffen #Chancen durch #Bildung und stärken ganze Gemeinschaften.

Die 🌍 @SchoolMeals_ Coalition setzt sich auch dank starker Partner wie 🇩🇪 dafür ein, dass kein Kind zurückgelassen wird. #UNFSS2023

[School Meals Coalition @SchoolMeals_]

The @USDA 🇺🇸 will invest $220 million in international #schoolfeeding projects in eight countries; expected to benefit more than a million children across 2,200 schools in food-insecure countries in Africa and East Asia, Agriculture @SecVilsack announced.

https://t.co/76xDes7T2L

[School Meals Coalition @SchoolMeals_]

"I want to speak up this week for the 153 million children that are suffering from a shortage of food, famine and malnutrition. School lessons are not enough, there has to be #SchoolMeals as well." @GordonBrown at the #TransformingEducation Summit

[Nathaniel Glidden @NathanielWFP]

Happy 20th anniversary to the @USDA McGovern-Dole Program. It has demonstrated the impact of school health and nutrition programmes on human capital development; supported strengthening governments national school feeding programmes; and has contributed to changing lives globally

[Secretary Tom Vilsack @SecVilsack]

Today, I join Congress and @USDAForeignAg in commemorating the 20th anniversary of the @USDA McGovern-Dole Program. Since its inception, the Program has served more than 5.5 billion school meals and changed the lives of children across the globe. https://t.co/3wWh7lDIW4

[Foreign Ag Service @USDAForeignAg]

Happy Anniversary to the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program! 🎉🍲📚
➡️ 20 years
➡️ 48 countries
➡️ 1.3 million tons of donated US commodities
➡️ 31.1 million children & families benefited
➡️ 5.5 billion meals served
https://t.co/sj7yQyIuiQ

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The @UN is scaling up our humanitarian operations in & around Ukraine.

We are committed to staying and delivering, to support people in Ukraine in their time of need.

We are providing lifesaving humanitarian relief to the most vulnerable, regardless of who or where they are.

[Fondazione AVSI @FondazioneAVSI]

This week 3 representatives of @WFP visited 2 schools supported by the "Integrated School Feeding and #Literacy Program", funded by @USDA.

Their visit kicked off the 2nd phase of this project, aimed at improving quality of #education and school canteens in #IvoryCoast @avsi_d