He said the humanitarian agency were playing politics. Earlier this week, the UN agency launched a domestic emergency response in the UK for the first time in its more than 70-year history, promising £25,000 to the community project School Food Matters.
READ MORE: The money will be used to supply 18,000 nutritious breakfasts to 25 schools in South London over the two-week Christmas holidays and February half-term. The food delivery firm Abel & Cole will also provide 1.2 tonnes of fruit and veg worth £4500 to include in the boxes. Anna Kettley, the director of programmes at Unicef UK, said the emergency response was “introduced to tackle the unprecedented impact of the coronavirus crisis and reach the families most in need.”
17th December 2020
Baby & toddler food brand Mia & Ben has rebranded its chilled organic purees and introduced a new lower price.
The revamped range is currently rolling out to Sainsbury’s, Abel & Cole, and Ocado priced at £1.29 (down from £1.59).
Co-Founder Karina Gentgen commented: “We want to make kids’ food super tasty, super healthy and super fresh, and we wanted a rebrand that really shares that energy. We worked with a new design agency, Studio Green, to bring it to life. We incorporated bright new colours, a big freshness window to proudly display how fresh our food is, and made sure the packaging copy better reflected what our company stands for.”
Virus Outbreak: UNICEF announces food program in UK
FIRST TIME: School Food Matters’ CEO said that ‘we cannot continue to rely on civil society to fill the hunger gap, as too many children will miss out’
The Guardian
UNICEF has launched a domestic emergency response in the UK for the first time in its more than 70-year history to help feed children amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The UN agency, which is responsible for providing humanitarian aid to children worldwide, said that the pandemic was the most urgent crisis affecting children since World War II.
UNICEF has pledged a grant of ￡25,000 (US$33,953) to community project School Food Matters, which is to use the money to supply 18,000 nutritious breakfasts to 25 schools over the two-week Christmas holiday and February half-term, feeding vulnerable children and families in Southwark who have been severely affected amid the pandemic.
UNICEF to help feed children in UK for first time in its history
The agency is more known for its work in the most deprived parts of the world
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The United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian aid to children around the world since 1946 is to fund a project helping to feed children in the UK for the first time in its history.
Last modified on Wed 16 Dec 2020 23.37 EST
Unicef has launched a domestic emergency response in the UK for the first time in its more than 70-year history to help feed children hit by the Covid-19 crisis. The UN agency, which is responsible for providing humanitarian aid to children worldwide, said the coronavirus pandemic was the most urgent crisis affecting children since the second world war.
A YouGov poll in May commissioned by the charity Food Foundation found 2.4 million children (17%) were living in food insecure households. By October, an extra 900,000 children had been registered for free school meals.
Unicef has pledged a grant of £25,000 to the community project School Food Matters, which will use the money to supply 18,000 nutritious breakfasts to 25 schools over the two-week Christmas holidays and February half-term, feeding vulnerable children and families in Southwark, south London, who have been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.