1. Safely providing food to school-aged children amid the pandemic according to social distancing norms is not an easy task. Home delivery has been tried in special contexts in which mobility is severely reduced due to strict lockdown and for specific vulnerable groups. 📷: Mint 
2. #Kerala, in India, has been severely hit by #COVID19 and the government has adopted a strict lockdown. In this context, home delivery of the mid-day meal may be the only option to reach around 375,000 children enrolled in school. bit.ly/2VhgKFC.
3. In #CostaRica, students in the country’s 22 special schools for children with disabilities also receive food baskets at home through the school bus service. See item 10 in the Country Protocol: bit.ly/2VnQkC5.
4. Schools have also been used as collection points for food baskets. In Buenos Aires (#Argentina), parents can collect food baskets at their children’s schools every 15 days. Read the Resolution: bit.ly/3c71guG.
5. #Chile is delivering the #CanastaJunaeb (food basket) as a replacement for school meals. Each school schedules the delivery time, preferably in an open space, to avoid crowding and enforce social distancing measures: bit.ly/2XD1Psn.
6. In #CostaRica, food baskets delivered at schools include non-perishable and perishable items, mostly purchased from smallholder farmers and small local businesses, to support the economy that has also been hit by #COVID19. Read the Country Protocol: bit.ly/3c7jHPW.
7. In #Brazil, over 40M children are affected by school closures. Congress passed legislation authorising municipalities to use the School Feeding Federal Fund to distribute food to children. Read the Law: bit.ly/2K3dp7S.
8. @WFPBrazil | Some Brazilian municipalities had already been distributing food to children affected by school closures even before the new Law came into effect, using the municipality’s own funds. Some examples below:
9. In Salvador, in the state of Bahia, #Brazil, municipal schools are delivering food baskets to over 180,000 children and scheduling the delivery ahead of time to prevent crowds. Read more at: bit.ly/2RthSF6.
10. In Teresina, in the state of Piauí, #Brazil, 50,000 children who benefit from Bolsa Família have received food baskets at schools. More information at: bit.ly/2ViXQhN
