School meals may not be a major attraction for most Japanese kids, but in many poor countries they save children from both hunger and illiteracy, according to the World Food Program, which plans to hold a photo exhibition next month in Tokyo.
The U.N. agency has been unable to help reduce the number of chronically hungry children worldwide. But it is at least providing a concrete way of giving poor kids a chance to learn and thrive, simply with a nutritious meal at school, organizers said.
The exhibition, running from Nov. 6 to 29 at U.N. University in Tokyo, will feature about 100 photos of children benefiting from the WFP school meal program worldwide. It is the largest-ever organized in Japan by the agency's Tokyo office, they said.