“My Government is convinced that investing in high-impact nutrition interventions produces exceptional pay-offs in terms of reduced morbidity, mortality and improved physical and mental growth and that through these interventions Zambia can meet the Millennium Development Goals and the national vision of becoming a prosperous middle-income country by the year 2030.”
- H.E President Rupiah Bwezani Banda, Zambia, February 2011
State of Nutrition in Zambia:
SUN Activities:
Success Stories:
| Remodeled School Meals – Good For Kids, Good For Smallholders | |
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The recently launched Home Grown School Feeding programme is designed to bring benefits not just to school children but also to the wider community, particularly to small-scale farmers. The new programme will be implemented in 31 districts and aims to feed one million school-going children in 2011. Read more… |
| Zambian Children ‘Kick’ Hunger During Walk the World 2011 | |
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Hundreds of people including school-going children and UN MDGs Ambassador Marsha Moyo joined the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and its global partners, TNT, Unilever and DSM at the end of May to commemorate the annual “End Hunger: Walk the World” event to raise awareness about child hunger. Read more… |