cosmetic international federation association
the world
cosmetics association
CIFA
kids4school Alliance
Children without breakfast in the classroom, unfortunately not an isolated case. Children need breakfast before school for concentration and balance.
Children go hungry at school
No one needs to leave the country to see starving children - a glance into a classroom is enough.
One in five children are sitting in front of their books without breakfast. Only recently, the UN reprimanded various countries - but nobody seems to be taking the problem seriously.
In this context, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights called on social policy-makers to take concrete measures to ensure that children, especially those from poor families, receive proper meals.
The figures from the Research Institute of Child Nutrition (FKE) in Dortmund, Germany, also support this demand.
According to their DONALD study, more than fifteen per cent of all pupils go to school without breakfast. ‘The number of those affected has increased in recent years,’ says the deputy director of the institute, Prof Dr Mathilde Kersting. Particularly worrying: as only children of parents interested in nutrition took part in the study, it cannot be ruled out that even more children in educationally disadvantaged households are affected.
Voluntary community involvement and targeted campaigns in schools are trying to curb hunger in the classroom.
CIFA, the global cosmetics association, directly helps children affected by poverty.
As a school headmaster, you can contact us by email if you have children in class who attend lessons without breakfast or meals.
If possible, we will help you directly and unbureaucratically and get back to you after checking your enquiry.
