
Fiji
School food activities in Fiji
Cicia High School Feeding Program
Garden and feeding program (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Started:Â 2006
Status:Â Ongoing
Reach:Â One boarding and day school on Cicia Island, every day during the school year
School level: Secondary
Managed by: Cicia Island school and 5 local villagesÂ
Green Schools Program
Garden program
Started:Â 2020
Status:Â Ongoing
Reach:Â Two Maritime Islands public boarding schools, Monday - Friday during the school year
School level: Primary
Program goals:
Improve food security for students Â
Improve nutrition status Â
Improving socioeconomics of schools by decreasing reliance of schools on funding for school food and community food supply Â
Support connecting of the younger generation to culture and land (from spiritual and practical element)Â Â
Integration of wider community into school gardenÂ
Implemented by Pacific Blue Foundation who support management with local traditional governance/leaders and school mother’s group Â
Watch a video that outlines the Green Schools program on this page: https://www.pacificschoolfoodnetwork.org/videos
Maritime Islands Boarding School Feeding Program
Feeding program (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Started:Â 2020
Status:Â Ongoing
Reach:Â Public boarding school, Maritime Islands. Monday - Friday during the school year.
School level: Primary
TKC Gardening Pilot Project
Garden program
Started:Â 2022
Status:Â Finished 2022 (6-week pilot)
National
Reach:Â One public day school
School level: Secondary
Program goals:
To increase students' awareness and appreciation of local foodsÂ
Foster students'Â connection to the landÂ
Save the Children Feeding Program
Feeding program
Started:Â 2016
Status:Â Finished, temporary disaster relief program
Reach:Â 16 boarding and day schools adversely affected by natural disasters
School level: Unsure
Lead implementers: Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts and Save the Children FijiÂ
Stakeholders engaged: Teachers, Parents Teachers Association and the Women’s group.Â
Free Milk initiative
Feeding program (snack)
Started:Â 2015
Status:Â Finished
National
Reach:Â Day and Boarding Schools, Monday - Friday during the school year
School level: Primary (Year 1 students only)
Program goals:
Assist reach daily calcium needs and improve nutrition status among year 1 studentsÂ
Influence children to develop a lifelong healthy habit of consuming milk and milk products and reach calcium needs Â
To meet educational goalsÂ
To meet nutritional and/or health goalsÂ
Lead implementers: Ministry of Education, Heritage and ArtsÂ
Free Fruit initiative
Feeding program (snack)
Started:Â Unsure
Status:Â Unsure
National
Reach:Â Public and Private schools, Monday - Friday during the school year
School level: Early childhood
Program goals:
To meet educational goals
To meet nutritional and/or health goalsÂ
Lead implementers: Ministry of Education, Heritage and ArtsÂ
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