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To serve up to 100,000 freshly cooked hot, nutritious meals to children in London who are at risk of going to bed hungry during the holidays. With this project we hope to reduce hunger, malnutrition, obesity and food wastage in the city and enable children to enjoy their childhoods without worrying about food.
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Situation
Of the over 3 million children who are at risk of food insecurity in the UK, only 1.3 million children will benefit from Free School Meal vouchers announced recently by the government. Over 1.7 million children from low-income families are still at a serious risk of hunger and malnutrition, especially in times of the COVID 19 pandemic where incomes have reduced further and debts are mounting for a lot of families. Malnutrition among children causes damage to their over-all development and ability to cope at schools, besides increasing the social inequality amongst the children.
Solution
The Nourish to Flourish project by TAPF UK serves hot, freshly prepared vegetarian meals to children in food poverty. Using efficient kitchen technology, we are able to feed a hot healthy holiday lunch to a child for a donation of just £1, without compromising on nutrition or hygiene. We’ve been chosen by the BBC as the Global Food Champion of 2019. Having served over 10,000 hot meals during the holidays of 2019 successfully, we are now ready to scale up the service and reach even more children in the upcoming holidays.
