A dimension within Healthy School Plates
Integrating traditional foods into school meals for children's nutrition.
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Overall Community Sentiment
It would be good to provide traditional food to school children two days a week for lunch.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide traditional food to school children for lunch two days a week.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to give traditional food to children twice a week in school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if our school children are given traditional food for two days in their mid-day meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if traditional food is served to children twice a week in our school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if children are given traditional food three days a week in the midday meal at school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide traditional food to the school children of Amanchal twice a week.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if children were given local food twice a week during their mid-day meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
Providing traditional food twice a week to children in school's midday meal will improve their health.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good if traditional food was served for lunch in school for 2 days.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to give school children ragi and millet-based food two days a week in their midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if foods like ragi, millet, and Sua are given to school children in the mid-day meal two days a week.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good to provide food to school children three days a week. It would be good to provide local food.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if our school children were given traditional food for their midday meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide food like millet (ragi) and pulses to school children twice a week during their midday meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good to give traditional food to children in school. Midday meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if traditional food was given to school children.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if traditional food is served to children for lunch at school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if traditional food is given priority to children in mid-day meals at school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide traditional food to school children during lunch time.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to give traditional food to children in school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide traditional food to our school children in school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Lobersing (Phuntsokling Tibetan settlement), Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to give traditional food to our school children.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if our school children were given traditional food for lunch.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good to provide traditional food to school children during lunch.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good to provide traditional food to school children for lunch.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good to provide a traditional meal to children in school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to serve traditional food to the children of our school during lunchtime.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Lobersing (Phuntsokling Tibetan settlement), Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide traditional food to children for their midday meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be beneficial if food items like corn and millet porridge are provided to school children for two days during the mid-day meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good if our school children were served traditional food for lunch.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good to provide traditional food to the children of our region in school midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide millet-based meals twice a week for lunch at school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
If children are given other food during lunchtime two days a week, their health will be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good to serve local food to school children for midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
If food like ragi, suva, and millet is given to school children for two days a week in their mid-day meal, their health will remain good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good if children are given regional food in school lunch.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good if nutritious food is given to school children in their mid-day meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to serve local food to the children of our school during lunchtime.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
AI-synthesised pieces woven from many community voices on this theme. They may contain errors or interpretation — they're a reflection of the stories, not a record of fact.
By incorporating local, traditional grains like ragi and millet into school lunch programs, communities can significantly improve children's health and well-being.
Our community advocates for the integration of traditional, locally sourced foods into public programs to nourish children and preserve cultural heritage for future generations.
By embracing our ancestral foods, language, and traditions, we can nourish our children and strengthen our community's identity and well-being.
To preserve our health and culture, we advocate for the inclusion of native, nutritious grains in public food programs.
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.
