{"id":2226,"date":"2017-10-16T21:02:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T19:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smc.zabbarb.skola.edu.mt\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2017-10-16T21:27:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T19:27:28","slug":"world-food-day-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smc.zabbarb.skola.edu.mt\/?p=2226","title":{"rendered":"World Food Day 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today marked World Food Day and the first of a series of special assemblies at school. These special assemblies are meant to hit two birds with one stone – to provide more space for students during assemblies and marking special days.\u00a0 Special days are used to commemorate and promote issues of international interest and concern and to mobilise people for action across the world.<\/p>\n

World Food Day is observed in some 150 countries around the world and aims to raise awareness about world poverty and hunger. The students in Mr Inguanez’s class (Year 6.5 Lions) went to great lengths to prepare a special assembly that got the whole school actively involved.<\/p>\n

Preparations started weeks ago. All students were asked to answer an online questionnaire about the theme.\u00a0Today’s assembly started with a report about the results of the questionnaire. Most of the students reported that they had never heard of World Food Day. Most thought that this day is celebrated to encourage people to eat healthily. Most students are also aware that many children die of hunger every day but when asked what “Zero Hunger” means, most thought that this was about discussing how we can help people who do not have enough food. While talking about the issue is important, simply talking about it is not enough to feed people who are hungry. In fact “Zero Hunger” means eliminating world hunger altogether.<\/p>\n

Next, students were invited to imagine that the world’s population was that of our school. The children were then divided in continents – Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Australia. Proportionally,\u00a0 this translates to:<\/p>\n