Nourish the Child. Empower the Future.
Integrated health, nutrition, and education solutions help children thrive today while building stronger, more resilient communities for tomorrow.
Food insecurity undermines a child’s ability to learn, grow, and thrive. When children lack consistent access to nutritious meals, the effects extend beyond hunger—impacting health, school attendance, cognitive development, and long-term opportunity. Because nutrition, health, and education are deeply interconnected, lasting progress requires integrated solutions that address them together.
Where Nutrition and Education Meet
Through our programs, Counterpart advances comprehensive, school-based approaches that strengthen child well-being while reinforcing education systems. By partnering with governments, communities, and local organizations, these programs align immediate nutritional support with long-term capacity building.
Connecting American Agriculture to Global School Feeding Programs
These programs also support American agriculture by incorporating commodities grown by U.S. farmers. Crops harvested across the United States help provide the ingredients for school meals served abroad, linking American farms to global food assistance efforts.
Core components:
Nutritious daily school meals to increase attendance, improve concentration, and support healthy growth
Child health interventions, including deworming and nutrition education, to prevent disease and improve dietary practices
Safe water, sanitation, and food storage infrastructure to create healthy learning environments
Literacy and learning support initiatives to strengthen foundational skills
Capacity building for schools, communities, and national stakeholders to sustainably manage and lead school feeding and child nutrition programs