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The pandemic upended our routines, smothered economies and crushed livelihoods. Job loss and pay cuts took a heavy toll on families’ budget on food. Country-wide lockdown made food distribution to remote villages even more difficult. Millions of children around the world rely on the only meal they can get each day – their school meal – to stay alive. And they have been missing this vital source of nutrition due to school closures.

39 BILLION+

in-school meals missed

6.7 MILLION

Additional children under 5 could

suffer from wasting this year due to COVID-19

Millions of children are starving amid COVID-19.
They don’t have a chance to live without your help.

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Lack of immunity to infections

 

makes children 5 times more likely to die from common diseases like diarrhoea.

Deficiencies of minerals

 

such as iron, impairs intellectual development.

Malnutrition causes irreversible damage

 

to brain development and cognition

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