SCHOOL MEALS
YEAR
2012 – present
ISSUE
Fighting malnutrition, stunting, starvationand ongoing health issues.
TEAM
1 Head Chef, 2 Assistant cooks
IMPACT
Over 500 students receive nutritious daily school meals Monday – Friday.
The Issue
As a result of chronic and acute malnutrition, many of our students at Feeding Dreams are badly stunted and suffer ongoing health issues.
Micronutrient deficiencies are widespread. Among under-5 children, 45% of them are stunted, 11% are wasted, and 29% are underweight. Social determinants of maternal and child undernutrition were identified including poverty, income inequity, food insecurity, low maternal education, infections, and gender inequity.
Lack of access to clean water also contributes to the increase of overall burden of diseases and mortality. Specifically in Cambodia, undernutrition is estimated to contribute to around 45% of child deaths.
How We Address It
Through our School Meals Program, we are able to provide free school meals – over 500 nutritious meals, each day Monday-Friday to malnourished children.
– Chicken or pork porridge with vegetables
– A variety of black beans, corn, egg, potato & banana
– Fried rice with egg & vegetables or chicken or pork
– Omelette with vegetables
– Spaghetti with chicken
– Dessert Day with black bean & coconut milk, sweet pumpkin curry & banana cake.
– Chicken curry with bread or rice soup with protein
– Chinese Noodle or Khmer Noodles with egg & vegetables
The remaining food each day is bagged up and given to our poorest children to take home. We also provide unlimited clean drinking water on site at school as well as water bottle refills for the children to take home.
Our dedicated Head Chef, Srey Mao, has been preparing, cooking and serving hundreds of daily meals to the children at our school since we first opened.
It has always been our core belief that
No Child Should Attend School Hungry.