Across Africa, school feeding programmes now provide nutritious meals to over 86 million children, strengthening education, health and local economies.
Across the European Union, school meal programmes now provide nutritious food to around 25 million children, improving health, education outcomes and social equality.
Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean has fallen for the fourth consecutive year, according to a new UN-backed report, which shows steady progress in improving food security across the region.
Basic food requirements are being fully met in Gaza for the first time since 2023, marking a critical improvement in humanitarian access and nutrition.
Child stunting declined in Rwanda from 33% to 27% between 2020 and 2025, marking sustained progress in child nutrition and early health outcomes nationwide.
Kenya is showing how black soldier fly larvae can transform food waste into a highly efficient, low-impact protein source, opening the door to more sustainable nutrition for animals and potentially humans.
Global marine protection expanded in 2025, lifting safeguarded ocean areas to 9.6% worldwide, the fastest annual increase yet toward the 30% conservation target set for 2030.
A programme providing free lunches to every state primary school pupil in the UK capital has now served 100 million meals, easing costs for hundreds of thousands of families.
Brazil has achieved a remarkable comeback, leaving the UN Hunger Map just three years after 33 million people were going to bed hungry.
A recent report reveals that nearly 80 million more children are now eating at school thanks to government-led meal programs, a strong step toward more stable nutrition and education for young learners worldwide.
