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    A dimension within Healthy School Programs

    Local Delicacies for Kids

    This theme highlights the inclusion of traditional and local foods like mahua in school and mid-day meal programs for child nutrition.

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    Nearby, citizens are overwhelmingly advocating for a significant enhancement of child nutrition programs. The central idea revolves around integrating nutritious local and forest-based produce like Mahua, Kendu, Char, and various millets into school mid-day meals and the Public Distribution System (PDS) 🍎. This initiative aims to bolster children's physical and mental development by moving away from conventional or packaged foods towards traditional, vitamin-rich alternatives 💡. Many believe that such a shift will not only improve health outcomes but also promote local food traditions and sustainable practices 🌳.

    Dominant Themes

    Inclusion of local forest produce in mid-day meals
    Enhancing child nutrition and development
    Promotion of traditional and locally sourced foods
    Integration into Public Distribution System (PDS)
    Specific mentions of Mahua, Kendu, Char, and millets

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🍽 🌳 👧Implement pilot programs to incorporate identified nutritious forest produce and traditional foods into school mid-day meals and Anganwadi centers in relevant regions.
    • 📝 🚚 ✅Establish a robust framework for ethical sourcing, quality control, and safe preparation of local forest products for large-scale distribution through MDM and PDS.
    • 🗣 🧠 🌱Launch educational campaigns to raise awareness among parents, students, and community members about the nutritional benefits and cultural significance of traditional and forest-based foods.
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    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Bring Traditional Millets to School Meals

    By incorporating local, traditional grains like ragi and millet into school lunch programs, communities can significantly improve children's health and well-being.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Nourish Future Generations with Forest Gifts and Ancestral Tongues

    We ensure our children's well-being and cultural continuity by teaching them about the forest's bounty and the richness of our ancestral language and traditions.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Feed Our Children Our Own Foods

    Our community advocates for the integration of traditional, locally sourced foods into public programs to nourish children and preserve cultural heritage for future generations.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Revive Our Food, Revive Our Culture

    By embracing our ancestral foods, language, and traditions, we can nourish our children and strengthen our community's identity and well-being.

    Where these voices come from

    ODISHA, INDIA93 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA4 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA3 voices RAJASTHAN, INDIA2 voices CHHATTISGARH, INDIA2 voices UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA1 voice

    Voices here

    🌰 🏫 💪

    If the nutritious 'char laddoo' made from Mahua found in our forests is included in the school's mid-day meal, children will be nourished.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🏫 💪

    Including food items like mahua ladoo made from mahua found in our forests in the school's midday meal can provide nutritious food to children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🏫 🍎

    Including Mahula laddus made from Mahula found in our forests in school's midday meals can provide nutritious food to children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    Including ladoos made from Mahua, a food found in our forests, in the school's mid-day meal will be nutritious for children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌰 🎒 💪

    If forest-based foods like Mahua, Chironji, and Kendu were prepared and given to our school children in their Mid-Day Meal, it would be beneficial.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 👧 🧠

    If we talk about the most nutritious food, if the government provides our forest products like Mahul, Char, and Kendu as food in MDM (Mid-Day Meal), then children will eat it and become intelligent.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🥣 🧠

    Speaking of the most nutritious food, if the government provides our forest products like Mahul, Char, Kendu, etc., as food in MDM (Mid-Day Meal), children will eat them and become intelligent/wise.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🥣 🍎

    In schools where midday meals are provided, if fodder from the forest is brought and made into laddus, nutritious food can be obtained.

    — Parikshit Majhi

    🏫 🍎 💪

    If food made from Mahua is given in schools, children will be able to get nutritious food.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 👶 🍽️

    Fruits obtained from the forest are also important for the physical and mental development of children and for providing nutrition; the government should include them as traditional food items in school mid-day meals.

    — Anil Pargi · Maliya Dokar, Banswara, Rajasthan

    🌸 🏛️ 🥣

    Among forest products, Mahua is also a nutritious food. It would be good if the government utilizes this Mahua in various ways and provides it in school mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🧒 🍽️

    It would be beneficial if forest fruits, roots, Char, Dumer, and Kuddu fruits are given to school children as part of the midday meals provided in schools. Whatever term applies.

    — Parikshit Majhi · Balangir, Odisha

    🌳 🍎 🧑‍🎓

    Forest produce fruits found in the forest like Kendu, Char, and Mahula contain abundant nutritious food. It would be good to include them in students' mid-day meals.

    — Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    Forest fruits like Kendu, Char, and Mahul, found in the forest, are rich in nutrition. It would be beneficial to include them in students' midday meals.

    — Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🧒 🥣 💪

    Nutritious forest produce, such as millet, will be provided to children as part of their midday meals through the Public Distribution System.

    — Padmini Bhoi

    🌳 🏫 🍽️

    It would be appropriate if forest products like Mahua ladoo are prepared and served as part of the Mid-Day Meal in schools.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🍽️ 🧒

    The most nutritious locally edible forest food items should be included in PDF mid-day meals, and the government wants to promote their nutritional value for children.

    — Laxmanlal

    🌳 🍎 🍽️

    Forest fruits like Kendu, Char, and Mahul, found in the forest, contain abundant nutritious food. It would be good to include them in the mid-day meals of students.

    — DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🌳 🍲 🧒

    It would be good if forest products like Mahua, Chaar, and Kendu were included in the preparation of our children's Mid-Day Meal.

    — Priti majhi

    🧒 🌳 🍽️

    If food made from mahua found in our forests and food from charla are included in the school's midday meal for children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🧒 🌳 🏫

    Give children forest food or good food available from the forest in school.

    — Puspanjali Nag

    🌳 🍎 🧑‍🎓

    Forest-produced fruits like Kendu, Char, and Mahula, found in the forest, contain a large amount of nutritious food. It would be excellent to include these in students' midday meals.

    — Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🧑‍🎓 🍽️ 💪

    If ragi, millet, drumstick leaves, and jute leaves were included in the school midday meal, it would provide more nutritious food to children.

    — Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🥣 💪

    In our school, in the mid-day meal that is provided, if we bring a beneficial extract from our forest and add those seeds, I will prepare it so that it contains many vitamin-rich things, and eating that would be very good.

    — Parikshit Majhi

    🌳 🥣 👶

    Local forest produce such as Kendu, Char, Jamun berries, Sarala leaves, and Mahul contain nutrients. To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, traditional foods like millet porridge should be included in school mid-day meals. During festivals, do not include packaged food and food from markets/shops to offer to guests.

    — DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    If forest foods like Char, Mahua, Kendu, Mango, and Jam are added to PDS and mid-day meals, consumers will get nutritious food.

    — RINA BEHERA · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 👧

    Sir/Madam, if the food 'Charal' made from Mahua found in our forests is included in the school's midday meal for the children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🧒 🍎 💪

    Children's health will improve if they are given local food for their midday meal in our school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🏛️ 🌳 🍽️

    It would be good if the government provides forest foods like honey, Chaar, and Kendu as food in the midday meal.

    — Priti majhi

    🌿 🍽️ 💪

    Local forest produce like Kendu, Char, Jamun berries, Mahula contain nutrients. To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, wild leafy greens and traditional foods from the forest should be included in school mid-day meals. During festivals, we do not include packaged food and items from markets/shops to offer to guests.

    — Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 🌱

    Hemant Sha village Nilaji: Forest-based millets and Gurji traditional food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals. This will help in the mental and physical development of children.

    — RUDRA PRASAD BAG · Jagānpadar, Nuapada, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    Mahua flowers and other foods obtained from the forest are very nutritious. Therefore, it is appropriate to include these foods in PDS or mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍎 🤲 🧒

    It would be good if the government distributes the four valuable Kendu fruits found in the forest as food for children in areas where midday meals are not available.

    — Priti majhi

    🧒 🌿 💪

    It would be good if food prepared with Kendu, Amla, Char, and Mahul is given to school children.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🥕 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 💪

    If local food is provided to school children in their mid-day meal, their health will be good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🌳 🍲 🧒

    It would be good if the government provides forest foods like Mahua, Chhar, and Kendu as food in the MDM (Mid-Day Meal scheme).

    — Priti majhi

    🎁 🌳 😋

    If the government provides forest food like honey and some other forest produce as part of the midday meal, it would be good.

    — Priti majhi

    🧒 🍲 👍

    If children are given food like Kangu, Jannasua in school, their health will be good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🌿 🤲 💪

    The roots, herbs, and water chestnuts found in the forest are very vitamin-rich and nutritious foods. It would be good if these were provided in PDS and as midday meals for school children.

    — Sushama Digal · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 💪

    Millet is an indigenous food. If we provide millet to children as a midday meal in schools, their physical and mental wellbeing will improve.

    — Padmini Bhoi

    Sources & credits

    The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.

    • Atmashakti Trust147 voices

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