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Schoolchildren Deserve Free Lunch

Millions of children are falling behind in their education as a result of the pandemic, malnutrition, and poverty. But with well-designed and properly financed school-meal programs, governments could help to ameliorate this trend, sparing millions from a lifelong cycle of deprivation.

LONDON – As children across Europe and the United States start a new school year, the world’s governments are gearing up for their own big education moment. At the United Nations Transforming Education Summit (September 16-19), they have a chance to tackle a global learning crisis that has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and rising levels of child poverty and malnutrition.

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