The 2014 Global Child Nutrition Forum – the world’s foremost event on child nutrition and school feeding – will be officially opened by the Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga on Monday, 29 September 2014.
The gathering is due to bring together some 250 participants from South Africa and from around the world. These will include government ministers and officials as well as representatives from a range of United Nations agencies and non-governmental organisations.
The event is scheduled as follows
Date: 29 September to 3 October 2014
Venue: Emerald Resort & Casino, 777 Frikkie Meyer Boulevard, Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng
The event is being organized by the Global Child Nutrition Foundation and the World Food Programme’s Centre of Excellence against Hunger. It is sponsored by the Brazilian government through the National Fund for the Development of Education (FNDE), Brazil’s Social Services for Industry (SESI) and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) with support from the government of South Africa.
Enquiries:
Claudia Altorio, WFP, Johannesburg
Tel: 011 517 1655
Cell: 082 908 1448
Email: claudia.altorio@wfp.org
Hope Mokgatlhe, Department of Basic Education, Pretoria
Tel: 012 357 3776/4035
Cell: 071 680 6849
Hotline 0800 202 933
Email: Mokgatlhe.H@dbe.gov.za
