Share Your Meal

Closing the Gap Good-Practice Directory. Closing the Gap Good-Practice Directory. One out of every three children in Poland are malnourished and one tenth of those children do not qualify for the welfare. As a food producer, Danone decided that the responsibility of the company is to help tackle this problem. The Share Your Meal programme has been up and running for three years now and has helped to fund almost 2,000,000 free meals for children in need through schools, day-care centers, after-school centers, NGOs and other specialised institutions. Two surveys on malnutrition have been conducted in order to better understand the reasons and circumstances of child malnutrition in Poland. Furthermore, an expert working group has been launched in order to tackle various malnutrition related problems. A Danone Small Grants Programme has been launched with a goal of finding and supporting grass-root initiatives based on creative and effective ideas on how to fight child malnutrition on a local level.