School feeding in times of COVID-19: the role of the collaborating center in food and nutrition in the state of Rio Grande do Norte

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Rônisson Thomas de Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Rosas, Cláudia Santos, Silva, Joana Barbosa, Nogueira, Gerlane Karine Bezerra, Rocha, Neide Maria Ferreira, Neves, Renata Alexandra Moreira, Pinheiro, Liana Galvão Bacurau
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/san/article/view/8661897
• topic: Alimentación escolar; Pandemia; Seguridad alimentaria y nutricional; School feeding; Pandemics; Food and nutrition security; Alimentação escolar; Pandemia; Segurança alimentar e nutricional

Due to the impact of the pandemic, Brazil suspended, in mid-March 2020, classes and on-site activities throughout the municipal, state and federal education system. In view of this scenario full of challenges and missions that the PNAE had to take ownership of, the Collaborating Centers for Food and Nutrition (CECANEs) have became important services to enable the proper distribution of the kits and the operation of the program. It is an experience report based on CECANE/UFRN own actions, results and reports. From the survey carried out with the 167 municipalities of Rio Grande do Norte, assisted by CECANE/UFRN, the panorama regarding the distribution of school feeding kits was observed, highlighting the different situations and difficulties faced during the execution. Guidance actions were carried out on the assembly and distribution of school feeding kits, accountability and participation in social control. The work aims to establish and legitimize the role of CECANE in the defense of Human Right to Adequate Food (DHAA) and Food and Nutrition Security (SAN) in the school feeding scenario and reinforces the importance of investigations about the logistics of assembling and distributing the kits in the national territory, showing the diversity and local difficulties.