With over 1.5 billion learners affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, many countries are struggling to ensure children continue to receive a nutritious meal.

Join the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) for a series of interactive webinars for government officials and their implementing partners to discuss strategies for addressing school meal program disruptions in the short-term, how they’ll continue in the future, how to re-start programs, and more.

Webinar 1: How partners are safely getting food to school-age children and their families

Date: Thursday 7 May, 9.00 a.m. EDT

Through this session, GCNF will highlight what other partners are doing in this space to ensure governments avoid reinventing the wheel and can quickly adapt practices to local context.

Featured Speakers: 

• Carmen Burbano, Director, School Feeding Division, World Food Programme 
• Rafael Fábrega, Director, Food for Development, Tetra Laval 
• Cindy Long, Deputy Administrator, Child Nutrition Programs, USDA Food and Nutrition Service 
• Daniel Mumuni, Chief of Party, Sierra Leone, Catholic Relief Services

Moderator: 

Alesha Black Miller, Nonresident Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture Program, Chicago Council for Global Affairs 

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